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Recent Projects Supervised:
1. Jessica Fisher, Masters student, Local Economic Development

Overcoming the barriers to solar electricity in residential developments.

Using the Eastbridge housing development in Waterloo as a case study, this paper examines the barriers homebuyers face when presented with the option to upgrade to solar electricity when purchasing a new home. The results from
this research will be presented as a list of recommendations to key stakeholders trying to encourage greater uptake of renewable energy in the residential sector.
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Gregory Richardson, Department of Geography

The Institutional Barriers and Incentives to the Construction of Green Buildings at the University of Waterloo (*.pdf).

The aim of this report was to identify incentives and barriers to the construction of green buildings at the University of Waterloo. Specific recommendations are presented to move forward with green building implementation at UW: strong administrative leadership, sustainability targets, faculty/Plant Operations collaboration, and increased communication (a Plant Operations web site and published UW resource consumption data).
3. Myles Buck, Masters student, Local Economic Development (Committee Member)

The Creation of a Resident Attraction Strategy in the Context of Migration Motivations: A Case Study of Collingwood, ON.

This research project seeks to examine counterurbanization
motivations and its application to the context of place marketing using a case study of Collingwood, ON in-migrants. Such research is important because while studies pertaining to both migration and place marketing have taken this into account, there has been a lack of overlap in their endeavors. Furthermore, there has been a lack of academic investigation into the consumption of place marketing. It is important to know what goes on in the minds of potential migrants and how they evaluate locations in order to understand the context of both counterurbanization and place marketing.
 

 

 


Gregory moments before his graduation.
Jessica Fisher & Ryan Kennedy at the LED Trade Show

  
 
Recent projects of Research Assistants that I have employed:
1. Effective waste management at airports (Jessica Fisher, Masters student, Local Economic Development)

Exploring changes in legislation for waste management and waste reduction in Ontario as they pertain to Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport.

Lynes, J & Fisher, J. 2005, Opportunities and barriers for effective waste management and waste reduction at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport, submitted to Resources, Conservation & Recycling.
2. Developing policies for green buildings at Canadian universities (Gregory Richardson, Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Geography)

This project was a continuation of Gregory Richardson's honours thesis on green buildings. In addition to the completion of the article below, Gregory lobbied for greener building policies at the University of Waterloo and disseminated the research findings to relevant students, staff and faculty at UW, and beyond.

Richardson, G. & Lynes, J. Opportunities and Barriers for Green Buildings on campus: a case study of the University of Waterloo.
3. Potential Home Appliance Energy Savings for homeowners in Waterloo Region (Carolyn Smith, 3rd year Environmental & Resource Studies student)

As part of Carolyn's co-op term she analyzed the data that has been collected for the past five years on homes in Waterloo Region that have had an Energuide for homes evaluation as part of the Residential Energy Efficiency Project. The main output of Carolyn's work was a research paper that has been accepted for presentation at the 2005 CANSEE conference (see below)
Carolyn also created a spreadsheet that is now being used by Waterloo Region REEP's energy advisors when they conduct an electrical inventory of a homeowner's main six appliances.
 
 

 

  
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