Residential Renewable Energy and Sustainable Design in Maritime Provinces of Canada

Lighten Up Electric (Lightenup), an electrical contracting company based out of Moncton, New Brunswick, have targeted market potential for small-scale residential renewable energy systems in the Maritime region of Canada. The Maritime Provinces have large and undeveloped potential around solar and wind energy capture, but also large potential for development of sustainable design in construction. To explore potential in both regards, Lightenup would like to send a researcher to conduct field work with pioneering architecture firm Earthship Biotecture in Taos, New Mexico, explore their engineered cutting-edge residential renewable energy systems, as well as their sustainable construction design techniques. Following the fieldwork conducted with Earthship Biotecture, the research intern will return to New Brunswick to analyze how cutting-edge renewable energy systems and design methods might apply to a current New Brunswick residential market

Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Adams

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Partner:

Lighten Up Electric Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Green/Alternative Energy; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Dalhousie University

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