Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of Prescriptive vs Diagnostic Approaches to Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Bernardo Bordeira, MEL Candidate | December 2020 APPP 506 – Master of Engineering Leadership Capstone Project, University of British Columbia Abstract Energy demand in the residential sector has been increasing since 1974 and in Canada it was the second largest energy consumer in 2017. Currently, there are more than 250 different energy programs available for […]
Waste Heat recovery from Sewage
APPP 506 – Master of Engineering Leadership Capstone Project, University of British ColumbiaAbhijeet Singh, MEL Candidate | December 17, 2020 Abstract This study provides a detailed comparison of hot water generation through the natural gas boiler and sewage waste heat recovery (SWHR) heat pump (HP). In the analysis, we have covered natural gas reduction, financial […]
Environmental Strategy for Uber Mexico – assessment of UberEco option for Mexico
Mahdi (Mat) Akbari | MEL Clean Energy Candidate | December 2020 APPP 506 – Master of Engineering Leadership Capstone Project, University of British Columbia Project Background Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi recently announced the Uber Initiatives to become a fully zero-emission platform by 2040. A goal to have 100% of rides take place in electric vehicles (EVs) in […]
Hydrogen Economy- Distribution
Srikanth Narayan | December 18, 2020 APPP 506 – Master of Engineering Leadership Capstone Project, University of British Columbia Abstract Developing a hydrogen transmission and distribution infrastructure would be one of the challenges to be faced as we move toward a hydrogen economy. Initial uses of hydrogen are likely to involve a variety of transmission […]