energy
School of Sustainable Energy Engineering students lead the way for a sustainable future
September 6, 2023In the fall of 2019, the SFU School of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) established its first cohort of students. In June 2023, the program celebrated its first group of graduates who walked across the stage. The SEE program is the first in Western Canada, and is offered at SFU’s Surrey campus. SEE mainly focuses on researching sustainable engineering practices that are ecologically, socially, and economically responsible. The school prioritizes vital issues, including gender equity within research, teaching, and community for a cleaner and greener future. The Peak connected with newly graduated SEE students, Emma Hannaford and Danielle Arciaga, and asked…
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What Grinds Our Gears: We’re not in a state of perpetual panic over the tank farm
June 15, 2022We complain, but SFU’s Burnaby campus is a uniquely beautiful spot for a school. Secluded at the top of a mountain, we’re as close as you can come to a literal ivory tower of education. But thanks to the Burnaby…
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Sustainability-focused student-led program launches on SFU Burnaby campus
October 23, 2018A group of SFU students are working to make SFU more sustainable through a new program called TumblerShare. TumblerShare is a student-led sustainability program at SFU’s Burnaby campus, encouraging students and staff “to lead a more ecologically friendly lifestyle…
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Beedie MBA grad guides Kanaka Bar Indian Band toward self-sufficiency
June 14, 2018Zain Nayani, an alumnus of SFU’s Beedie School of Business, is the CEO of economic and business development for the Kanaka Bar Indian Band located near Lytton, northeast of Vancouver. He has been helping the approximately 200 members of the…
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SFU leads national dialogue on energy future
September 19, 2017A host of Canadian citizens came together to advise on energy policy at Simon Fraser University last week. The event was one of many cross-country citizen conversations on energy policy convened by the SFU Centre for Dialogue. With funding from…
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My journey towards waste reduction
June 3, 2016This is the first article in a three-part series about Kendra’s journey through waste reduction. You see that? That Mason jar filled with garbage right there, boys and girls, is Lauren Singer’s garbage — after not one day, not…
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International study to address climate change in the workplace
October 20, 2014An SFU professor has joined a newly formed international research project to assess the impact of the workplace on climate change, and to make recommendations as to how certain sectors can improve their carbon footprints. John Calvert, an SFU adjunct…
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