News Archives - Sustainable Building Energy Systems /sbes/category/news/ ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:20:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Sarah Brown to host Ingenious Talks Online session /sbes/2021/sarah-brown-to-host-ingenious-talks-online-session/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:36:59 +0000 /sbes/?p=711 Sarah will present her ongoing research at the Urbandale Centre for Home Energy Research during this online talk.  An interview with Sarah and further details on her talk can be seen here.

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Sarah Brown to host Ingenious Talks Online session

April 14, 2021

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Sarah will present her ongoing research at the Urbandale Centre for Home Energy Research during this online talk.  An interview with Sarah and further details on her talk can be seen here.

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]]> Rebecca Pinto receives Gabriel David Warshaw Memorial Scholarship /sbes/2020/rebecca-pinto-receives-gabriel-david-warshaw-memorial-scholarship/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:33:32 +0000 /sbes/?p=687 Congratulations to Rebecca Pinto on being awarded the Gabriel David Warshaw Memorial Scholarship.  The scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding graduate student in either the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, aspiring to a career based on the peaceful and environmentally respectful applications of these disciplines.

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Rebecca Pinto receives Gabriel David Warshaw Memorial Scholarship

April 14, 2021

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Congratulations to Rebecca Pinto on being awarded the Gabriel David Warshaw Memorial Scholarship.  The scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding graduate student in either the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, aspiring to a career based on the peaceful and environmentally respectful applications of these disciplines.

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]]> Lumi Dumitrascu wins IBPSA-Canada travel award /sbes/2019/lumi-dumitrascu-wins-ibpsa-canada-travel-award/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:58:18 +0000 /sbes/?p=667 Lumi Dumitrascu won an IBPSA-Canada student travel award. This award will support Lumi to present her work on ground reflectivity at the Building Simulation Conference 2020, in Rome.

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Lumi Dumitrascu wins IBPSA-Canada travel award

April 14, 2021

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Lumi Dumitrascu won an IBPSA-Canada student travel award. This award will support Lumi to present her work on ground reflectivity at the Building Simulation Conference 2020, in Rome.

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]]> Sarah Brown receives Alexander Graham Bell scholarship /sbes/2019/sarah-brown-receives-alexander-graham-bell-scholarship/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:57:04 +0000 /sbes/?p=665 Sarah Brown has been awarded the NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS D). The CGS D is awarded to top-ranked applicants for their “academic excellence, research ability or potential, and communication, interpersonal and leadership abilities.” This award will support Sarah’s research into a novel system that allows increased use of solar […]

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Sarah Brown receives Alexander Graham Bell scholarship

April 14, 2021

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Sarah Brown has been awarded the NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS D). The CGS D is awarded to top-ranked applicants for their “academic excellence, research ability or potential, and communication, interpersonal and leadership abilities.” This award will support Sarah’s research into a novel system that allows increased use of solar energy in Canadian homes to offset the conventional use of electricity/natural gas for domestic hot water and space heating.

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]]> Renewal of RDH Research Scholarship for Rebecca Pinto /sbes/2019/renewal-of-rdh-research-scholarship-for-rebecca-pinto/ Fri, 02 Aug 2019 18:38:01 +0000 /sbes/?p=663 Congratulations to Rebecca Pinto on being awarded a first renewal of the RDH Research Scholarship. The scholarship was awarded by RDH Building Science and was open to students completing their master’s or doctoral degrees in building science research.

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Renewal of RDH Research Scholarship for Rebecca Pinto

April 14, 2021

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Congratulations to Rebecca Pinto on being awarded a first renewal of the RDH Research Scholarship. The scholarship was awarded by RDH Building Science and was open to students completing their master’s or doctoral degrees in building science research.

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]]> Swiss ambassador to Canada visits CHEeR /sbes/2019/swiss-ambassador-to-canada-visits-cheer/ Mon, 06 May 2019 21:06:34 +0000 /sbes/?p=647 Salome Meyer, Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada, met with Ian Beausoleil-Morrison and Sarah Brown to learn about the research we are conducting at the CHEeR facility: https://twitter.com/SwissEmbCanada/status/1126154995265675265

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Swiss ambassador to Canada visits CHEeR

April 14, 2021

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Salome Meyer, Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada, met with Ian Beausoleil-Morrison and Sarah Brown to learn about the research we are conducting at the CHEeR facility:

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]]> Sarah Brown receives Tyler Lewis grant /sbes/2018/sarah-brown-receives-tyler-lewis-grant/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:31:22 +0000 /sbes/?p=630 PhD student Sarah Brown has been selected as one of three recipients of this year’s Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation’s 10 000 $ grants.  The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Grant is meant to provide financial support to graduate students at Canadian Universities conducting research in the field of clean energy.  Recipients are selected based on […]

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Sarah Brown receives Tyler Lewis grant

April 14, 2021

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PhD student Sarah Brown has been selected as one of three recipients of this year’s Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation’s 10 000 $ grants.  The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Grant is meant to provide financial support to graduate students at Canadian Universities conducting research in the field of clean energy.  Recipients are selected based on the relevance of their work experience and academic training to the field of the proposed research, research ability and the potential to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in a clean energy research field, enthusiasm for research and discovery, demonstration of a lifestyle that is in-line with environmental consciousness, and developed leadership/interpersonal skills.  This grant will support Sarah as she continues her research on increasing the contribution of passive solar gains to space heating and domestic hot water heating in Canadian homes.

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]]> CHEeR research presented at EuroSun 2018 /sbes/2018/cheer-research-presented-at-eurosun-2018/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:13:05 +0000 /sbes/?p=621 Curtis Meister presented a paper on his seasonal storage research at the EuroSun 2018 conference in Rapperswil, Switzerland.  The paper summarizes preliminary results of operating CHEeR’s buried seasonal storage tank over a full heating season.  The research was highlighted in the closing ceremony of the conference.

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CHEeR research presented at EuroSun 2018

April 14, 2021

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Curtis Meister presented a paper on his seasonal storage research at the EuroSun 2018 conference in Rapperswil, Switzerland.  The paper summarizes preliminary results of operating CHEeR’s buried seasonal storage tank over a full heating season.  The research was highlighted in the closing ceremony of the conference.

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]]> Nina Dmytrenko defends her MASc thesis /sbes/2018/nina-dmytrenko-defends-her-masc-thesis/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 21:57:21 +0000 /sbes/?p=614 Nina Dmytrenko successfully defenced her MASc thesis on the topic of rock-bed thermal storage for air-source heat pumps. Her thesis will soon be available on this website.

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Nina Dmytrenko defends her MASc thesis

April 14, 2021

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Nina Dmytrenko successfully defenced her MASc thesis on the topic of rock-bed thermal storage for air-source heat pumps. Her thesis will soon be available on this website.

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]]> Lumi Dumitrascu defends her MASc thesis /sbes/2018/lumi-dumitrascu-defends-her-masc-thesis/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:00:21 +0000 /sbes/?p=610 Lumi Dumitrascu successfully defenced her MASc thesis on the topic of modelling the solar reflectivity of the ground.  Her thesis will soon be available on this website.

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Lumi Dumitrascu defends her MASc thesis

April 14, 2021

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Lumi Dumitrascu successfully defenced her MASc thesis on the topic of modelling the solar reflectivity of the ground.  Her thesis will soon be available on this website.

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