Browsing Theses by Subject "Energy"
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The Adoption of Residential Solar Photovoltaic Systems in the Presence of a Financial Incentive: A Case Study of Consumer Experiences with the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program in Ontario (Canada)
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-11)Traditionally, high initial capital costs and lengthy payback periods have been identified as the most significant barriers that limit the diffusion of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. In response, the Ontario Government, ... -
Advanced Nanostructure Materials for Hybrid Supercapacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-05)Hybrid supercapacitors (HSCs) are electrochemical devices that combine the characteristics of batteries and supercapacitors in one asymmetric cell. Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and supercapacitors (SCs) represent two ends ... -
Biodiesel Energy in Small Island Developing States: Addressing Challenges to Development
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-11)Petroleum-based fuel dominates the global energy system despite the fact that this resource is diminishing. Additionally, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face a number of challenges to development such as resource ... -
Community Characteristics and Their Influence on Community Renewable Energy Projects: A Case Study of Cang Dong Village, Hainan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis examines the characteristics of a community that positively influence the success of a community renewable energy project. As the first stage of a two-stage inductive research process, a review of relevant ... -
Defense and Civilian Energy Systems: Security, Sustainability and Survivability Considerations for the 21st Century
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-13)The United States and NATO Allies have a national security problem that is the product of America being the home of inexpensive and plentiful modern energy. A century of cheap and plentiful domestic supplies of oil has ... -
Development of Co-Assembly Methods for Improved Graphene/Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Supercapacitors, also known as electric double-layer capacitors or ultracapacitors, store energy by rapid and reversible rearrangement of ions/charges at the electrolyte/electrode interface. This physical process results ... -
Energy Strategies for the Canadian Province of Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)The current and future energy situations in Canada are put into perspective, and the importance of nuclear energy and controversies surrounding it are investigated. More specifically, to demonstrate the important role ... -
Exploring Householders' Interest in Home Energy Goal-Setting
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)The deployment of advanced metering infrastructure, most notably in the residential electricity sector, and the development of energy monitoring technology, has enabled and justified the exploration of more sophisticated ... -
Hydro-Solar Fields
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-28)In the current context of escalating climate catastrophes paralleled with depleting energy resources, degrading fresh water supplies and diminishing agricultural lands, there is an increasing preoccupation with the prospects ... -
Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-19)Efficient, cost effective, and environmentally friendly energy storage and conversion systems are highly desirable to meet ever increasing demands. Nanostructured materials have attracted great interest due to their many ... -
Planning and Operation Framework of Smart Distributed Energy Resources in Emerging Distribution Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-10)Smart grid technologies provoke a major paradigm shift in how power systems are planned and operated. The transition to a smarter system is happening gradually; however, researchers has reported that this transition is ... -
Recovering the Sense and Essence of Place: The Eastern Practice of Feng Shui and its Role in Western Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-08)The aim of this thesis is to understand, identify and test the fundamental qualities of feng shui so as to examine its applicability and relevance in western architectural design practice. While the word “feng shui” has ... -
Steeltown Distilled: Extracting Hamilton's Latent Energies
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-10)For one hundred years, the mighty blast furnaces of Stelco have burned, melted, and forged the identity of Hamilton, Ontario, into the epitomic Steeltown of Canada. Now US Steel Canada, its recently announced closure has ... -
A Study of Mechanical Systems in Canadian High-rise Multi-unit Residential Buildings
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-29)Mechanical systems providing indoor environmental control and domestic hot water functions generally represent the largest consumer of energy in Canadian high-rise multi-unit residential buildings. Many different systems ... -
Techno-Economic Study of CO<sub>2</sub> Capture from Natural Gas Based Hydrogen Plants<br><br>
(University of Waterloo, 2006)As reserves of conventional crude oil are depleted, there is a growing need to develop unconventional oils such as heavy oil and bitumen from oil sands. In terms of recoverable oil, Canadian oil sands are considered to ...