Excerpt The aim of the project was to figure out the minimal amount of salt needed to make the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus a safe place for the community, while not compromising on the environmental impacts of its usage.
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Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Sarah Ballestrin, Giulia La Viola, Yuhan Zhou, Mirza Musa, Ummu Ugur
Location On-Campus (UTM)
Client Sustainability Office and Biology Department
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SDGs Sustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Buildings, Spaces & Equipment
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Excerpt An exploration of ways to increase enrollment in the U of T Sustainable Scholar programs
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Aden Fisher, Sokhna Gaye, Katie Kinross, Mythreyi Rajasingham, Grace Wei
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client CECCS
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SDGs Quality Education
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Topics Community, Equity & Education
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Excerpt The UTM on-campus waste management project aims to gauge the level of student awareness and knowledge on waste management to better design future initiatives at the UTM Sustainability Office.
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Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Anson Luk, Aysha Qureshi, Chak Fung Michael Cheung, Jingyi Meng, Jung Kwon, Shanzey Imran
Location On-campus (UTM)
Client Hospitality & Retail Services
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt An analysis of commitments and existing building standards, and a survey of U of T stakeholders involved in project planning and committee processes to recommend improvements to communications, with the development of a handout for capital project planning committees
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Savannah Bein, Sicheng Dai, Tushar Nellampani Pisharam, Yichen Wu
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client University Planning
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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities
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Topics Policy, Finance & Governance
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Excerpt Identifies the most innovative and effective programs offered by governments around the world which reduce GHG emissions from existing buildings
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Jigme Garwang, Anna Hardie, Emerson Ludiciani, Tasneem Tahrin, Anastasia Triadafilopoulos
Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client Environment & Energy Division, City of Toronto
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SDGs Climate ActionIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities
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Excerpt Evaluation of current swag pratices at orientations across campus to inform the creation of a Sustainability Swag Guide for Orientation Coordinators to use while planning orientation
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Mallory Furlong, Alejandra Hessen, Dithara Gunawardane, Leah Mpinga, Graham McDonald
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client Student Life
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt This report examines the practices of international jurisdictions and their approaches on community-based retrofitting, which assists in building feasible recommendations and policy options to how these findings can be translated into the Toronto context
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Tea Vasha, Emma Hull, Lonya Burton, Juvairiyya Hanslod, Ally Buchanan
Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client Environment & Energy Division, City of Toronto
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SDGs Climate ActionIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities
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Excerpt This report examines approaches leading municipalities around the world have taken to incentivize residents and businesses to switch from internal combustion engine (ICE) to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), and to discourage the use of ICE vehicles in favour of active transportation and public transit.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Luca Dannetta, Sarah Klein, Anna Lazaris, Tingwei Lyu, Arnaud Nsamarizi
Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client Environment & Energy Division, City of Toronto
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SDGs Climate ActionSustainable Cities and Communities
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Topics Accessibility, Mobility & Transportation
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Excerpt Forward osmosis (FO) is an evolving membrane desalination technology that has a promising low energy process. Despite the benefits, FO fouling has hindered widespread FO application in real-world water purification projects. Optimize FO process designs to further advance the technology.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Client University of Saskatchewan Professor
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SDGs Clean Water and Sanitation
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Topics Digital Innovation, Technology & AI
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Excerpt Explores and compares three cities’ building retrofit plans to those of the City of Toronto to understand the key factors impacting their progress towards their retrofit goals.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Abdullah Naqvi, Celine Thomas, Chelsea Chettleburgh, Faryal Roshan
Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client Toronto Atmospheric Fund
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SDGs Climate ActionIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Topics Buildings, Spaces & Equipment
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