Our next Biorenewables Caf\u00e9 will happen on Friday April 27th, 2-3:30pm at Forest Science Centre (CAWP Building, 2424 Main \u00a0Mall, Room 2964\/65\u00a0– UBC Point Grey Campus).\u00a0The speaker for the evening will be Olga Petrov,\u00a0PhD student at the UBC Chemical & Biological Engineering Department.<\/p>\n
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Abstract –\u00a0Forest residues to energy: Local air quality, health risks and energy policies<\/strong><\/p>\n Biomass-based district energy systems (DES), are rapidly growing in BC\u00a0and Canada.\u00a0\u00a0Utilization of bioenergy\u00a0could be beneficial to the province\u2019s economy, provide improvements in energy efficiency and reduction in greenhouse gases (GHG). However, the impacts of biomass-based technologies are still not completely understood.\u00a0\u00a0The overall aim of my research is to estimate, over the entire life cycle, emissions from biomass-based DES compared to fossil fuel-based systems such as natural gas and diesel, commonly used in BC\u00a0at present. The effects of such emissions will include global warming impacts, resulting ambient (outdoor) air quality, and associated health risks in exposed local populations. A unique combination of complementary modeling systems will be used in this multiple-case research study to address the study aims.\u00a0 The results of this study will benefit\u00a0 biomass technology developers and engineers in designing systems with higher efficiency and cleaner emissions; health scientific community and health professionals in improved understanding of health risks associated with biomass-based energy systems, and will assist policy-makers and city planners in future emission and air quality regulations and zoning practices.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biography<\/strong>: Olga Petrov\u00a0is a second year PhD student with Chemical & Biological Engineering at UBC\u00a0and Bridge Strategic Training Fellow. She holds a BSc\u00a0in Atmospheric Sciences (major in meteorology)\u00a0and MSc\u00a0in Environment and Management. Olga is a faculty member,\u00a0Environmental Engineering program at BCIT\u00a0and Associate with Envirochem\u00a0Services Inc. She has more than 20 years of experience in the environmental field with a focus on air quality\/management and pollution prevention. Olga is a student development director, board of directors, Air & Waste Management Association, BC\u00a0& Yukon Chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our next Biorenewables Caf\u00e9 will happen on Friday April 27th, 2-3:30pm at Forest Science Centre (CAWP Building, 2424 Main \u00a0Mall, Room 2964\/65\u00a0– UBC Point Grey Campus).\u00a0The speaker for the evening will be Olga Petrov,\u00a0PhD student at the UBC Chemical & Biological Engineering Department. Abstract –\u00a0Forest residues to energy: Local air quality, health risks and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10566,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[417380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upcoming-cafe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10566"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biorenewablescafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}