Route Optimization for Waste Collection vehicles at the City of Edmonton

Edmonton’s natural features (forests/treestands and natural wetlands) provide core service functions such as water treatment, rainwater management, flood protection, recreation, habitat, and pollination. Maintaining the ecological and hydrological function of natural areas within the urban environment is a major challenge. Urbanization can alter the natural pattern of hydrology that can impact sustainability of natural features […]

The City of Edmonton supports research, educational and professional development experience for University of Alberta graduate students. The program immerses students in a real world learning experience where they can apply their skills and contribute to building a thriving, sustainable and welcoming home for the Edmontonians of today and tomorrow. This will be a joint […]

The City of Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition Strategy & Action Plan identifies the urgent need to renovate Edmonton’s existing home stock to reduce energy use and utility costs. There are over 350,000 residential buildings that need to improve their energy efficiency in order for the City of Edmonton to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals. […]

Edmonton is on a path of transformational change to become a climate resilient and low carbon city. Edmonton’s Energy Transition Strategy and Action Plan identifies the actions needed to align Edmonton with the international target of limiting global warming to 1.5C. Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation and generating local renewable energy are two […]

Edmonton is on a path of transformational change to become a climate resilient and low carbon city. While there are many components to creating this vision, sustainable transportation and equity are front and center in shaping the future of Edmonton. Transportation is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, representing 31% of […]

The purpose of this initiative is to analyze existing data to determine units of measurement and key performance indicators that will determine if a net reduction in GHG’s are truly being achieved. This will go deeper in also determining the benefits of utilized recycled materials such as asphalt, concrete, cement powder and aggregates. The benefits […]

With climate change driving more severe and unpredictable weather, countries around the world are facing higher probability of extreme weather events, particularly in the form of flooding, storm surges, and hurricanes. The overall objective of this research is to explore how Canada, a (low-probability of risk country) and Japan (a high-probability of risk country) compare […]

The near-infrared imaging is a technique widely used in many medical applications, such as tissue imaging and non-invasive imaging of lymphatic systems. The market was estimated to be USD 950 million in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.1% to 2028. The conventional near-infrared system commonly employed is […]

To address the urgent problem of climate change, it is important to look for alternatives to fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, are attractive but are often criticized for being intermittent: the energy produced varies with time of day or season of the year. There is a mismatch between the […]

Nucleic acid-based therapies such as DNA and siRNA has equipped us with the freedom to customize in our battle against specific cancers and other diseases. Especially the non-viral approach to deliver the therapeutic nucleic acids in a clinical setting provides a safer alternative to the viral gene therapy systems. However, to achieve a clinically relevant […]

The project is focused on designing and developing a novel point of care analytical device using functional magnetic microparticles that can quantitatively determine the concentration of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody and SARS-CoV-2 viruses in human saliva and serum. This approach will allow mass testing in the general population to assess past or current infection. Furthermore, it can […]