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Title Investigating Incentives and Disincentives in the Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles in Toronto

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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Students Luca Dannetta, Sarah Klein, Anna Lazaris, Tingwei Lyu, Arnaud Nsamarizi

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Client Environment & Energy Division, City of Toronto

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Title How to Make U of T St. George Campus Waste Sorting World-class

Excerpt Analysis of the current waste sorting system and waste sorting behaviours to inform recommendations to improve waste diversion rates

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Students Emily Ciardullo, Jonathan Hsu, Mingeong Kim, Brenda Li, Shenrou Wei

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Client Sustainability Office and Waste Management

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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Healed By Nature

Excerpt How can the principles of biophilic design elicit and evoke our human senses for an off-grid micro cabin retreat and wellness spa? Design a nature retreat suitable for all four Canadian seasons.

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Client Reign Architects

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Title Waste Reduction

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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Students Anson Luk, Aysha Qureshi, Chak Fung Michael Cheung, Jingyi Meng, Jung Kwon, Shanzey Imran

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Client Hospitality & Retail Services

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Title UTSG Snow Melting Alternatives

Excerpt Right now, the UofT St. George Campus uses a diesel-powered snow-melter to remove snow on campus. This creates GHG emissions and other environmental impacts such as the quality of water discharged by the process. Investigate potential alternative solutions to manage snow collected on campus.

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Title Design of an in-situ air quality monitoring system for a green building

Excerpt Design an in-situ air quality monitoring system for a green building to collect data on pollutants and offer minimisation suggestions.

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Client Sustainable Engineers Association

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SDGs Good Health and Well-BeingIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title LCA of non-hazardous waste disposal methods to determine most sustainable management of three problem waste streams at the Universtiy of Toronto: paper towels, coffee cups, and styrofoam

Excerpt An examination of three waste steams to determine whether landfilling or waste-to-energy is the most sustainable disposal option, based on environmental impacts from the point of consumer disposal to end of life for each stream

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Students Cassandra Chanen, Nicola Radatus-Smith, Nolan Scharper, Sean Kavanagh

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Title Understanding the Social Equity Implications of Decarbonization in Existing Buildings

Excerpt Identifies methods and practices to ensure inclusiveness is taken into account, and ways to prioritize equity-deserving groups while mitigating negative impacts of implementing the City’s Net Zero Existing Building (ExB) Strategy

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Students Jessie Armstrong, Michelle Gandhi, Hilda-Matilda Idegwu, Jacob O'Connor, Sofia Padernal

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Client Environment & Energy Division, City of Toronto

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Title Actions to Mitigate Emissions from Hong Kong’s Aviation Sector

Excerpt The project examined aviation emission related-scientific research, and provided ways to devise more efficient reduction strategies for aviation emissions.

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Students Nikki Wong

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Title Residents’ attitudes towards, knowledge about, and opinions on coyotes in their neighbourhood

Excerpt The project explored questions relating to the residents’encounters with coyotes and their expectations as to how coyotes should be managed in their area.

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Students Fatima Tasabehji

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