Browsing Environment, Enterprise and Development by Subject "energy efficiency"
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A case study assessment of the energy consumption of LEED certified academic buildings in Ontario: Is LEED certification necessarily better?
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-21)With “commercial and institutional buildings account[ing] for 12% of Canada’s secondary energy use and 11% of [the] national greenhouse gas emissions” (National Resources Canada, 2014), the energy consumption of Canada’s ... -
Environmental and Economic Implications of Small-Scale Canadian Aquaponics: A Life Cycle Study
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-05)Agricultural production will be challenged in the near future to keep up with the rising nutritional demands of a growing global population. Additionally, climate change, through increased frequency of extreme weather ... -
Sustainable or same-old? An Investigation into the Communication of Green Features within Online Real Estate Listings across Five Southern Ontario Municipalities
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-10)Green features in residential houses are widely attributed to a reduction in both residential energy usage and regional greenhouse gas emissions, with prospective homebuyers well-positioned to be enablers of a low-carbon ...