Resources

A selection of journal articles and academic publications from PICS-funded research and initiatives.

2024

Ambient wind conditions impact on energy requirements of an offshore direct air capture plant

  • Foxall, Ryan
  • Ishaq, Haris
  • Crawford, Curran

A Tellurium‐Boosted High‐Areal‐Capacity Zinc‐Sulfur Battery

  • Zhang, Yue
  • Amardeep, Amardeep
  • Wu, Zhenrui
  • Tao, Li
  • Xu, Jia
  • Freschi, Donald J.
  • Liu, Jian

Characterizing Isotopic Composition and Trajectories of Atmospheric River Events

  • Greenblat, Ariel T.
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Hahm, W. Jesse

Dynamic analysis of a floating wind turbine platform with on-board CO2 direct air capture

  • Domene, Gerard Avellaneda
  • Crawford, Curran

Equity and justice in urban coastal adaptation planning: new evaluation framework

  • Okamoto, Tira
  • Doyon, Andréanne

Finding common ground: a comparison between coastal nature-based solutions in the Netherlands and British Columbia, Canada

  • van Doornik, Tsjerk J.
  • Jung, Mathilde P.S.
  • van Loon-Steensma, Jantsje M.

Fuel types misrepresent forest structure and composition in interior British Columbia: a way forward

  • Baron, Jennifer N.
  • Hessburg, Paul F.
  • Parisien, Marc-André
  • Greene, Gregory A.
  • Gergel, Sarah. E.
  • Daniels, Lori D.

Groundwater Responses to Deluge and Drought in the Fraser Valley, Pacific Northwest

  • Nott, Alexandre H., Allen, Diana M., Hahn, Jesse W.

Materials Design and Mechanistic Understanding of Tellurium and Tellurium–Sulfur Cathodes for Rechargeable Batteries

  • Zhang, Yue
  • Liu, Jian

Re-conceptualizing the IPCC’s ‘burning embers’

  • Ford, James D.
  • Clerici, Santiago
  • Clark, Dylan G.
  • Biesbroek, Robbert
  • Harper, Sherilee

Regional variability and its impact on the decarbonization of emissions-intensive, trade-exposed industries in Canada

  • Diner, Gabrielle
  • Bataille, Chris
  • Jaccard, Mark

Scaling considerations and optimal control for an offshore wind powered direct air capture system

  • Webster, Stefan Radic
  • Ishaq, Haris
  • Crawford, Curran

Science‐based innovation via university spin‐offs: the influence of intangible assets

  • Park, Andrew
  • Maine, Elicia
  • Fini, Riccardo
  • Rasmussen, Einar
  • Di Minin, Alberto
  • Dooley, Lawrence
  • Mortara, Letizia
  • Lubik, Sarah
  • Zhou, Yuan (Joseph)

Towards just, responsible, and socially viable carbon removal: lessons from offshore DACCS research for early-stage carbon removal projects

  • Nawaz, Sara
  • Satterfield, Terre

Turning the tide: A just transition to low-emission marine propulsion solutions in coastal Indigenous communities

  • Heim, Katarina

2023

A big data-handling machine learning model for membrane-based absorber reactors in sorption heat transformers

  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Kheyrikoochaksarayee, Naghme
  • Chhokar, Callum
  • Shabani, Amir
  • Bahrami, Majid

Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s

  • Parisien, Marc-André
  • Barber, Quinn E.
  • Bourbonnais, Mathieu L.
  • Daniels, Lori D.
  • Flannigan, Mike D.
  • Gray, Robert W.
  • Hoffman, Kira M.
  • Jain, Piyush
  • Stephens, Scott L.
  • Taylor, Steve W.
  • Whitman, Ellen

A Case Study of Climate Policy in British Columbia

  • Pardy, A
  • Budd, T
  • Jaccard, M

A high-performance tellurium-sulfur cathode in carbonate-based electrolytes

  • Zhang, Yue
  • Orhan, Okan K.
  • Tao, Li
  • Lu, Wei
  • Ponga, Mauricio
  • Freschi, Donald J.
  • Liu, Jian

An analytical solution for heat and mass transfer in falling film absorption with arbitrary thermal boundary conditions

  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Elsafi, Amin M.
  • Girnik, Ilya S.
  • Bahrami, Majid

Approaches to Bio-Cultural Diversity in British Columbia

  • Zandvliet, David
  • Leddy, Shannon
  • Inver, Cate
  • Elderton, Victor
  • Townrow, Brittney
  • York, Lori

Beyond colonial futurities in climate education

  • Stein, Sharon
  • Andreotti, Vanessa
  • Ahenakew, Cash
  • Suša, Rene
  • Valley, Will
  • Huni Kui, Ninawa
  • Tremembé, Mateus
  • Taylor, Lisa
  • Siwek, Dino
  • Cardoso, Camilla
  • Duque, Carolina ‘Azul’
  • Oliveira da Silva Huni Kui, Shyrlene
  • Calhoun, Bill
  • van Sluys, Shawn
  • Amsler, Sarah
  • D’Emilia, Dani
  • Pigeau, Dani
  • Andreotti, Bruno
  • Bowness, Evan
  • McIntyre, Angela

Climate targets, carbon dioxide removal, and the potential role of ocean alkalinity enhancement

  • Oschlies, Andreas
  • Bach, Lennart T.
  • Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.
  • Satterfield, Terre
  • Webb, Romany
  • Gattuso, Jean-Pierre

CO2‑based alternative fuel production to support development of CO2 capture, utilization and storage

  • Ishaq, Haris
  • Crawford, Curran

Comparison of optimal power production and operation of unmoored floating offshore wind turbines and energy ships

  • Connolly, Patrick
  • Crawford, Curran

Early Warning Indicators of Groundwater Drought in Mountainous Regions

  • Gullacher, A.
  • Allen, D. M.
  • Goetz, J. D.

Experimental study on plagioclase dissolution rates at conditions relevant to mineral carbonation of seafloor basalts

  • de Obeso, Juan Carlos
  • Awolayo, Adedapo N.
  • Nightingale, Michael J.
  • Tan, Chunyang
  • Tutolo, Benjamin M.

Exploring public acceptability of direct air carbon capture with storage: climate urgency, moral hazards and perceptions of the ‘whole versus the parts’

  • Satterfield, Terre
  • Nawaz, Sara
  • St-Laurent, Guillaume Peterson

Fault slip tendency analysis for a deep-sea basalt CO2 injection in the Cascadia Basin

  • Ekpo Johnson, Eneanwan
  • Scherwath, Martin
  • Moran, Kate
  • Dosso, Stan E.
  • Rohr, Kristin M.

From “education for sustainable development” to “education for the end of the world as we know it”

  • Stein, Sharon
  • Andreotti, Vanessa
  • Suša, Rene
  • Ahenakew, Cash
  • Čajková, Tereza

Getting back to the real world: Creative approaches to science literacy, problem solving and cultural inquiry

  • Zandvliet, David B

Groundwater Resource Allocation in British Columbia: Challenges and Ways Forward

  • Allen, Diana
  • Gleeson, Tom

Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research

  • Satterfield, T
  • Nawaz, S
  • Boettcher, M

Indicators of Groundwater Drought in British Columbia

  • Gullacher, April
  • Allen, Diana M
  • Goetz, Jonathan D

Integrated Hydrological Model for Windermere Creek Watershed: Groundwater Dynamics and Connectivity with Surface Water

  • Nott, Alexandre H.
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Neumann, Natasha

Investigating suitable geochemical tracers for monitoring CO2 sequestration in offshore deep-sea basalt in the Cascadia Basin [Thesis]

  • Louis, Emma

Methodologies for gesturing towards decolonial futures

  • Stein, Sharon
  • Andreotti, Vanessa
  • Ahenakew, Cash
  • Susa, Rene
  • Valley, Will
  • Amsler, Sarah
  • Cardoso, Camila
  • Siwek, Dino
  • Cajkova, Tereza
  • D’Emilia, Dani
  • Kui, Ninawa Huni
  • Tremembe, Mateus
  • Pitaguary, Rosa
  • Pitaguary, Benício
  • Pitaguary, Nadia
  • Pataxó, Ubiraci
  • de Souza, Lynn Mario Trindade Menezes
  • Calhoun, Bill
  • Van Sluys, Shawn
  • Duque, Carolina Azul
  • Fay, Kyra Royo
  • Lickerman, Ben

Offshore wind energy prospects for power-to-direct air capture and power-to-gas

  • Shehzad, Muhammad Faisal
  • Ishaq, Haris
  • Crawford, Curran

On the absorption rate of membrane-based adiabatic sorber beds: An analytical approach

  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Bahrami, Majid

Progress and Perspectives of Lithium Aluminum Germanium Phosphate‐Based Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries

  • Zhang, Yue
  • Liu, Hanshuo
  • Xie, Zhong
  • Qu, Wei
  • Freschi, Donald J.
  • Liu, Jian

Prospects For Direct Air Capture Onboard Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

  • Foxall, R

Proxy quality control of biomass particles using thermogravimetric analysis and Gaussian process regression models

  • Watts, Jordan
  • Potter, Adam
  • Mohan, Vidyut
  • Kumari, Pratima
  • Thengane, Sonal K.
  • Sokhansanj, Shahabaddine
  • Cao, Yankai
  • Kung, Kevin S.

Public evaluations of four approaches to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal

  • Nawaz, Sara
  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Satterfield, Terre

Sociotechnical considerations about ocean carbon dioxide removal

  • Cooley, Sarah R.
  • Klinsky, Sonja
  • Morrow, David R.
  • Satterfield, Terre

Substitution benefits of British Columbia’s mitigation strategies in the bioeconomy

  • Xie, Sheng H.
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • McFarlane, Paul N.

System-level feedbacks of active fire regimes in large landscapes

  • Povak, Nicholas A.
  • Hessburg, Paul F.
  • Salter, R. Brion
  • Gray, Robert W.
  • Prichard, Susan J.

The Burning Question: Addressing Harvest Residue Management in BC

  • Nance, E
  • Phillips, C
  • Dymond C
  • Kurz, W
  • Roeser, D

The burning question: Addressing harvest residue management in B.C.

  • Nance, E
  • Phillips, C
  • Dymond, C
  • Kurz, W
  • Roeser, D

The REBURN model: simulating system-level forest succession and wildfire dynamics

  • Prichard, Susan J.
  • Salter, R. Brion
  • Hessburg, Paul F.
  • Povak, Nicholas A.
  • Gray, Robert W.

Unsettling NbS: A pathway towards shifting colonial power relations in nature-based solutions research and practice

  • Rees, Anwen
  • Doyon, Andréanne

Upscaling DAC hubs with wind energy and CO2 mineral storage: considerations for large-scale carbon removal from the atmosphere

  • Goldberg, David S.
  • Nawaz, Sara
  • Lavin, James
  • Slagle, Angela L.

2022

A century of transformation: fire regime transitions from 1919 to 2019 in southeastern British Columbia, Canada

  • Baron, Jennifer N.
  • Gergel, Sarah E.
  • Hessburg, Paul F.
  • Daniels, Lori D.

Analytical modelling of power production from un-moored floating offshore wind turbines

  • Connolly, Patrick
  • Crawford, Curran

Analytical solution for coupled heat and mass transfer in membrane-based absorbers

  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Bahrami, Majid

Analytical solution for coupled heat and mass transfer in membrane-based absorbers

  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Bahrami, Majid

A similarity solution for laminar forced convection heat transfer from solid spheres

  • Elsafi, Amin M.
  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Bahrami, Majid

Bulk buy program: Sourcing zero-emission transportation options for small- to medium-sized fleets [project report]

  • Bassam, J.

Comparative power capture of unmoored floating offshore wind turbines and energy ships [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Connolly, Patrick

Durable sequestration of carbon dioxide: The ocean to the rescue

  • Pirenne, Benoît
  • Khandelwal, Kunal
  • Moran, Kate
  • Scherwath, Martin

Enhancing Biomass Utilization for Economic, Environmental, and Social Benefits in British Columbia – What Can Be Done? Policy brief.

  • Aeyelts, J
  • Bulkan, J
  • Bi, X
  • Clift, R
  • Röser, D
  • Wang, W

Flipping the Script on Residual Fibre: Enhancing Utilization for a Sustainable Forest Industry. Policy brief.

  • Aeyelts, J
  • Bulkan, J
  • Roeser, D
  • Bi, X
  • Clift, R
  • Wang, W
  • Röser, D

Grazing by kelp crabs amplifies impacts of climate-induced bryozoan outbreaks on kelp. [Thesis]

  • Fraser, M

Heat and mass transfer in laminar falling film absorption: A compact analytical model

  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Bahrami, Majid

Heat and mass transfer in laminar falling film absorption: A compact analytical model

  • Ashouri, Mahyar
  • Bahrami, Majid

Hydrogen in remote communities : Opportunities and barriers for displacing diesel in British Columbia. [Thesis]

  • Williams, M.

Improving the Stability of Lithium Aluminum Germanium Phosphate with Lithium Metal by Interface Engineering

  • Zhang, Yue
  • Liu, Hanshuo
  • Xie, Zhong
  • Qu, Wei
  • Liu, Jian

Integrated buildings adaptation and mitigation assessment (IBAMA) framework pilot project reference guide

  • Aharonian, D

Mineral surface area accessibility and sensitivity constraints on carbon mineralization in basaltic aquifers

  • Awolayo, Adedapo N.
  • Laureijs, Christiaan T.
  • Byng, John
  • Luhmann, Andrew J.
  • Lauer, Rachel
  • Tutolo, Benjamin M.

Offshore wind energy, direct air capture and carbon sequestration in basalt: solutions for atmospheric CO2 reduction

  • Goldberg, David
  • Moran, Kate

Performance assessment of offshore wind energy integrated monoethanolamine synthesis system for post-combustion and potential direct air capture

  • Ishaq, Haris
  • Foxall, Ryan
  • Crawford, Curran

Potential of offshore wind energy for direct air capture

  • Ishaq, Haris
  • Crawford, Curran

PyGeochemCalc: A Python package for geochemical thermodynamic calculations from ambient to deep Earth conditions

  • Awolayo, Adedapo
  • Tutolo, Benjamin M.

Rapid response through the entrepreneurial capabilities of academic scientists

  • Park, Andrew
  • Goudarzi, Azadeh
  • Yaghmaie, Pegah
  • Thomas, Varkey Jon
  • Maine, Elicia

Slouching or speeding toward net zero? Evidence from COVID-19 energy-related stimulus policies in the G20

  • Andrew, Kevin
  • Majerbi, Basma
  • Rhodes, Ekaterina

Survive and thrive: why BC needs a CO2 strategy now [ PICS Report]

  • Todd, Devin

The North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network

  • Margolis, Ellis Q.
  • Guiterman, Christopher H.
  • Chavardès, Raphaël D.
  • Coop, Jonathan D.
  • Copes‐Gerbitz, Kelsey
  • Dawe, Denyse A.
  • Falk, Donald A.
  • Johnston, James D.
  • Larson, Evan
  • Li, Hang
  • Marschall, Joseph M.
  • Naficy, Cameron E.
  • Naito, Adam T.
  • Parisien, Marc‐André
  • Parks, Sean A.
  • Portier, Jeanne
  • Poulos, Helen M.
  • Robertson, Kevin M.
  • Speer, James H.
  • Stambaugh, Michael
  • Swetnam, Thomas W.
  • Tepley, Alan J.
  • Thapa, Ichchha
  • Allen, Craig D.
  • Bergeron, Yves
  • Daniels, Lori D.
  • Fulé, Peter Z.
  • Gervais, David
  • Girardin, Martin P.
  • Harley, Grant L.
  • Harvey, Jill E.
  • Hoffman, Kira M.
  • Huffman, Jean M.
  • Hurteau, Matthew D.
  • Johnson, Lane B.
  • Lafon, Charles W.
  • Lopez, Manuel K.
  • Maxwell, R. Stockton
  • Meunier, Jed
  • North, Malcolm
  • Rother, Monica T.
  • Schmidt, Micah R.
  • Sherriff, Rosemary L.
  • Stachowiak, Lauren A.
  • Taylor, Alan
  • Taylor, Erana J.
  • Trouet, Valerie
  • Villarreal, Miguel L.
  • Yocom, Larissa L.
  • Arabas, Karen B.
  • Arizpe, Alexis H.
  • Arseneault, Dominique
  • Tarancón, Alicia Azpeleta
  • Baisan, Christopher
  • Bigio, Erica
  • Biondi, Franco
  • Cahalan, Gabriel D.
  • Caprio, Anthony
  • Cerano‐Paredes, Julián
  • Collins, Brandon M.
  • Dey, Daniel C.
  • Drobyshev, Igor
  • Farris, Calvin
  • Fenwick, M. Adele
  • Flatley, William
  • Floyd, M. Lisa
  • Gedalof, Ze'ev
  • Holz, Andres
  • Howard, Lauren F.
  • Huffman, David W.
  • Iniguez, Jose
  • Kipfmueller, Kurt F.
  • Kitchen, Stanley G.
  • Lombardo, Keith
  • McKenzie, Donald
  • Merschel, Andrew G.
  • Metlen, Kerry L.
  • Minor, Jesse
  • O'Connor, Christopher D.
  • Platt, Laura
  • Platt, William J.
  • Saladyga, Thomas
  • Stan, Amanda B.
  • Stephens, Scott
  • Sutheimer, Colleen
  • Touchan, Ramzi
  • Weisberg, Peter J.

The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada

  • Hoffman, Kira M.
  • Christianson, Amy Cardinal
  • Dickson-Hoyle, Sarah
  • Copes-Gerbitz, Kelsey
  • Nikolakis, William
  • Diabo, David A.
  • McLeod, Robin
  • Michell, Herman J.
  • Mamun, Abdullah Al
  • Zahara, Alex
  • Mauro, Nicholas
  • Gilchrist, Joe
  • Ross, Russell Myers
  • Daniels, Lori D.

Thermodynamic analysis of a direct air carbon capture plant with directions for energy efficiency improvements [Thesis]

  • Long-Innes, Ryan M.

Thermodynamic loss analysis of a liquid-sorbent direct air carbon capture plant

  • Long-Innes, Ryan M.
  • Struchtrup, Henning

The role of pre-formation intangible assets in the endowment of science-based university spin-offs

  • Maine, Elicia
  • Thomas, Jon
  • Yaghmaie, Pegah
  • Goudarzi, Azadeh
  • Park, Andrew

Uncomfortable knowledge: Mechanisms of urban development in adaptation governance

  • Eakin, Hallie
  • Keele, Svenja
  • Lueck, Vanessa

Western Canada’s new wildfire reality needs a new approach to fire management

  • Hoffman, Kira M
  • Christianson, Amy Cardinal
  • Gray, Robert W
  • Daniels, Lori

Wildfires, in Resilient Pathways Report: Co-creating new Knowledge for Understanding Risk and Resilience in BC

  • Taylor, S
  • Daniels, L D
  • Copes-Gerbitz, K
  • Forbes, K

2021

Accelerating offshore carbon capture and storage: Opportunities and challenges for CO2 Removal [project report]

Alkalinity generation constraints on basalt carbonation for carbon dioxide removal at the gigaton-per-year scale

  • Tutolo, Benjamin M.
  • Awolayo, Adedapo
  • Brown, Calista

Assessing climate sincerity in the Canadian 2021 election

  • Jaccard, Mark

Clearing the air: Transportation, land use and carbon emissions in Metro Vancouver

  • Förg, Franziska
  • Murphy, Rose
  • Jaccard, Mark

Climate solutions to meet the suburban surge: leveraging COVID-19 recovery to enhance suburban climate governance

  • Teicher, Hannah M.
  • Phillips, Carly A.
  • Todd, Devin

Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests

  • Hagmann, R. K.
  • Hessburg, P. F.
  • Prichard, S. J.
  • Povak, N. A.
  • Brown, P. M.
  • Fulé, P. Z.
  • Keane, R. E.
  • Knapp, E. E.
  • Lydersen, J. M.
  • Metlen, K. L.
  • Reilly, M. J.
  • Sánchez Meador, A. J.
  • Stephens, S. L.
  • Stevens, J. T.
  • Taylor, A. H.
  • Yocom, L. L.
  • Battaglia, M. A.
  • Churchill, D. J.
  • Daniels, L. D.
  • Falk, D. A.
  • Henson, P.
  • Johnston, J. D.
  • Krawchuk, M. A.
  • Levine, C. R.
  • Meigs, G. W.
  • Merschel, A. G.
  • North, M. P.
  • Safford, H. D.
  • Swetnam, T. W.
  • Waltz, A. E. M.

Exploring economic opportunities in Canada's oil and gas en mowed region under net zero policy

  • Bluschke, Renate

Forecasting the impact of climate change on thermal comfort using a weighted ensemble of supervised learning models

  • Rysanek, Adam
  • Nuttall, Rohan
  • McCarty, Justin

Integrating mobile thermal energy storage (M-TES) in the City of Surrey’s district energy network: A techno-economic analysis

  • Shehadeh, Maha
  • Kwok, Emily
  • Owen, Jason
  • Bahrami, Majid

Integration of a mobile thermal storage (M-TES) system in the district energy network of City of Surrey-opportunities, requirements and techno-economic analysis. [Thesis]

  • Shehadeh, M

Integration of an energy-economy model with an urban energy model

  • Lu, Yuhao
  • Scott, Alex
  • Kim, Juchan
  • Curi, Camila Barbosa
  • McCarty, Justin
  • Pardy, Aaron
  • Rysanek, Adam
  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Kellett, Ronald

Inward- versus outward-focused bioeconomy strategies for British Columbia’s forest products industry: a harvested wood products carbon storage and emission perspective

  • Xie, Sheng H.
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • McFarlane, Paul N.

Making embodied carbon mainstream: a guide for local and regional governments to reduce embodied carbon in the built environment [PICS report]

  • Teicher, Hannah M.

Materials design and fundamental understanding of Tellurium-based electrochemistry for rechargeable batteries

  • Zhang, Yue
  • Manaig, Dan
  • Freschi, Donald J.
  • Liu, Jian

Opinion: Canada’s university science innovation ecosystem needs a build-for-scale strateg

  • Maine, Elicia

Policy effectiveness on emissions and cost reduction for hydrogen supply chains: The case for British Columbia

  • Talebian, Hoda
  • Herrera, Omar E.
  • Mérida, Walter

Scaling up local climate action: A survey of climate policy priorities in the Vancouver Island and Coastal communities region

  • Rhodes, Ekaterina
  • Krawchenko, Tamara
  • Pearce, Katherine
  • Shaw, Karena

Simulation and visualization framework for selecting appropriate urban-scale climate mitigation and adaptation strategies

  • McCarty, Justin

Supporting Indigenous adaptation in a changing climate: Insights from the Stó:lō Resource Management Centre (British Columbia) and the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation (Arizona)

  • Gauer, Viviane H.
  • Schaepe, David M.
  • Welch, John R.

The legal framework for offshore carbon capture and storage in Canada [project report]

  • Webb, Romany M.
  • Gerrard, Michael B.

Why is there an implementation gap in community energy planning?

  • Murphy, Rose
  • Pardy, Aaron
  • Braglewicz, Morgan
  • Zuehlke, Brett
  • Jaccard, Mark

2020

A case of high-performance building form design workflow informed by computational simulation

  • Liu, Haobo
  • Rysanek, Adam
  • Frisque, Andrea
  • Chan, Jeanie

Adaptive mitigation: A framework for integrating climate adaptation and mitigation solutions in multi-unit residential buildings [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Judah, Ilana

An approach to remotely monitor glacier mass balance at seasonal to annual time scales, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada [Thesis] University of Northern British Columbia

  • Pelto, Ben Mauri

Carbon dioxide storage through mineral carbonation

  • Snæbjörnsdóttir, Sandra Ó.
  • Sigfússon, Bergur
  • Marieni, Chiara
  • Goldberg, David
  • Gislason, Sigurður R.
  • Oelkers, Eric H.

Climate change mitigation in British Columbia's forest sector: GHG reductions, costs, and environmental impacts

  • Smyth, Carolyn E.
  • Xu, Zhen
  • Lemprière, Tony C.
  • Kurz, Werner A.

Designing and evaluating analytic-deliberative engagement processes for natural resources management

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Hoberg, George
  • Sheppard, Stephen R. J.
  • Hagerman, Shannon M.

Energy efficiency in the built environment: Hillside-Quadra case study report [Project Report]

  • Kellett, Ronald
  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Lu, Yuhao
  • Curi, Camila Barbosa
  • Scott, Alex
  • Kim, Ju Chan
  • Martino, N.
  • McCarty, Justin
  • Kang, Y.

Energy efficiency in the built environment: West Bowl case study report [project report]

  • Kellett, Ronald
  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Lu, Yuhao
  • Curi, Camila Barbosa
  • Scott, Alex
  • Kim, Ju Chan
  • Martino, N.
  • McCarty, Justin
  • Kang, Y.

Flexibility requirements and electricity system planning: Assessing inter-regional coordination with large penetrations of variable renewable supplies

  • English, Jeffrey
  • Niet, Taco
  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • Keller, Victor
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew

How do we power decarbonization? Land and other resources in Canada’s West. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin Gordon

How to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the freight sector: Policy insights from a technology-adoption model of Canada

  • Hammond, William
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Kjeang, Erik

Impact of harvested wood products consumption strategies on British Columbia's greenhouse gas emissions. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Xie, Sheng Hao

Iterative ‘what-if’ neighborhood simulation: energy and emissions impacts

  • Salter, Jonathan
  • Lu, Yuhao
  • Kim, Ju Chan
  • Kellett, Ronald
  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Inomata, Fausto
  • Krahn, Alix

"Like the plains people losing the buffalo": Perceptions of climate change impacts, fisheries management, and adaptation actions by Indigenous peoples in coastal British Columbia, Canada

  • Whitney, Charlotte K.
  • Edgar, Frid B.
  • Walkus, J.
  • Siwallace, P.
  • Siwallace, I.
  • Ban, N.C.

Public support for supply-focused transport policies: Vehicle emissions, low-carbon fuels, and ZEV sales standards in Canada and California

  • Long, Zoe
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Kitt, Shelby

Simulating the impact of multi-level government policy mixes on Metro Vancouver greenhouse gas emissions [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Förg, Franziska

Territorial analysis and survey of local government priorities for climate action: Vancouver Island and coastal communities [project report]

  • Krawchenko, Tamara
  • Rhodes, Katya
  • Harrison, Kimberley
  • Pearce, Katherine
  • Shaw, Kara
  • Brousselle, Astrid
  • Ney, Tara
  • Mallows, Catriona

The role of charging and refuelling infrastructure in supporting zero-emission vehicle sales

  • Miele, Amy
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Wolinetz, Michael
  • Maine, Elicia
  • Long, Zoe

To retrofit or not? Making energy retrofit decisions through life cycle thinking for Canadian residences

  • Prabatha, Tharindu
  • Hewage, Kasun
  • Karunathilake, Hirushie
  • Sadiq, Rehan

Why have multiple climate policies for light-duty vehicles? Policy mix rationales, interactions and research gaps

  • Bhardwaj, Chandan
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Kern, Florian
  • McCollum, David

2019

A building energy and health conditions monitoring strategy for Canadian building sector

  • Prabatha, Tharindu
  • Hirushie, Karunathilake
  • Ruparathna, Rajeev
  • Sadiq, Rehan
  • Hewage, Kasun

Adaptive capacity, coastal communities, and marine conservation planning in the face of climate change. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Whitney, Charlotte K.

Adaptive capacity creation in the Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre (Stó:lō Nation, BC) and the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation (White Mountain Apache Tribe, AZ). [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Gauer, Viviane Hippmann

An urban data framework for assessing equity in cities: Comparing accessibility to healthcare facilities in Cascadia

  • Mayaud, Jerome R.
  • Tran, Martino
  • Nuttall, Rohan

A Process for Evaluation of Climate Policy Platforms and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

  • Starke, Emma

Border carbon adjustments in support of domestic climate policies: Explaining the gap between theory and practice. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Pauer, Stefan U.

Causal evaluation of urban greenway retrofit: A longitudinal study on physical activity and sedentary behavior

  • Frank, Lawrence D.
  • Hong, Andy
  • Ngo, Victor Douglas

Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in multi-unit residential buildings: Mapping feedbacks and policy recommendations

  • Lopez-Behar, Diana
  • Tran, Martino
  • Froese, Thomas
  • Mayaud, Jerome R.
  • Herrera, Omar E.
  • Merida, Walter

Cities and greenhouse gas reduction: Policy makers or policy takers?

  • Jaccard, Mark
  • Murphy, Rose Elise
  • Zuehlke, Brett
  • Braglewicz, Morgan

Climate change adaptation narratives: Linking climate knowledge and future thinking

  • Coulter, Liese
  • Serrao-Neumann, Silvia
  • Coiacetto, Eddo

Comparing alternative heavy-duty drivetrains based on GHG emissions, ownership and abatement costs: Simulations of freight routes in British Columbia

  • Mojtaba Lajevardi, S.
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Crawford, Curran

Consumers continue to be confused about electric vehicles: Comparing awareness among Canadian new car buyers in 2013 and 2017

  • Long, Zoe
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Kormos, Christine

DamXan gud.ad t’alang hllGang.gulXads Gina Tllgaay (Working together to make it a better world). [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Wilson, Barbara

Decarbonization pathways for the western Canadian electricity system. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • English, Jeffrey

Decoupling climate-policy objectives and mechanisms to reduce fragmentation

  • Bollo, Christina S.
  • Cole, Raymond J.

Developing indicators to identify coastal green infrastructure potential: The case of the Salish Sea region

  • Conger, Tugce
  • Chang, Stephanie E.

Digital energy performance signature extensible markup language (DEPSxml): Towards a new characterization framework for sharing simulation and measured data on building design and energy perfomance

  • McCarty, J.
  • Rysanek, A.

Electricity system and emission impact of direct and indirect electrification of heavy-duty transportation

  • Keller, Victor
  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • Wade, Cameron
  • Scholtysik, Sven
  • Fowler, McKenzie
  • Donald, James
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew

Electrification of road transportation with utility controlled charging: A case study for British Columbia with a 93% renewable electricity target

  • Keller, Victor
  • English, Jeffrey
  • Fernandez, Julian
  • Wade, Cameron
  • Fowler, McKenzie
  • Scholtysik, Sven
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Donald, James
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Rowe, Andrew

Energy-efficient supplemental LED lighting control for a proof-of-concept greenhouse system

  • Jiang, Jun
  • Mohagheghi, Afagh
  • Moallem, Mehrdad

Energy modelling for low carbon pathways for the electricity and transportation systems in British Columbia and Alberta. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Keller, Victor

Evaluating heat vulnerability and the impact of urban street tree planting on radiant heat exposure: Examples from Vancouver’s neighborhoods. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Aminipouri, Mehdi

Exploring urban walkability models and pedestrian movement trends in a Vancouver neighbourhood

  • Martino, Nicholas
  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Trigueiro, Edja

Future access to essential services in a growing smart city: The case of Surrey, British Columbia

  • Mayaud, Jerome R.
  • Tran, Martino
  • Pereira, Rafael H.M.
  • Nuttall, Rohan

Habitat use by juvenile salmon, other migratory fish, and resident fish species underscores the importance of estuarine habitat mosaics

  • Chalifour, L
  • Scott, DC
  • MacDuffee, M
  • Iacarella, JC
  • Martin, TG
  • Baum, JK

How current lawn attributes affect choices concerning water conserving lawn options: An individualized choice experiment in Kelowna, British Columbia

  • Conrad, Steven A.
  • Pipher, Joel
  • Haider, Wolfgang

Impact of land requirements on electricity system decarbonisation pathways

  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Donald, James
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • Keller, Victor
  • Fowler, McKenzie
  • Wade, Cameron
  • Scholtysik, Sven
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew

Insights from self-organizing maps for predicting accessibility demand for healthcare infrastructure

  • Mayaud, Jerome
  • Anderson, Sam
  • Tran, Martino
  • Radić, Valentina

Interactions of policies acting at the local, sub-national, and national scales for Canada's energy transition

  • Murphy, Rose
  • Pardy, Aaron
  • Budd, Thomas

Investigating the hydraulic role of a large buried valley network on regional groundwater flow

  • Morgan, Samantha E.
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Kirste, D.M. Dirk
  • Salas, Carlos J.

Latent demand for zero-emissions vehicles in Canada (Part 1): Insights from a design space exercise

  • Long, Zoe
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Kormos, Christine
  • Goldberg, Suzanne

Latent demand for zero-emissions vehicles in Canada (Part 2): Insights from a stated choice experiment

  • Kormos, Christine
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Long, Zoe
  • Goldberg, Suzanne

Locating community impacts of unconventional natural gas across the supply chain: A scoping review

  • Buse, Chris G.
  • Sax, Marieka
  • Nowak, Nadia
  • Jackson, Jordan
  • Fresco, Theresa
  • Fyfe, Trina M.
  • Halseth, Greg

Mapping research on resource extraction and health: A scoping review

  • Brisbois, Ben W.
  • Reschny, Jamie
  • Fyfe, Trina M.
  • Harder, Henry G.
  • Parkes, Margot W.
  • Allison, Sandra
  • Buse, Chris G.
  • Fumerton, Raina
  • Oke, Barbara

Modeling the GHG emissions intensity of plug-in electric vehicles using short-term and long-term perspectives

  • Kamiya, George
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Crawford, Curran

Modelling the impact of increased street tree cover on mean radiant temperature across Vancouver's local climate zones

  • Aminipouri, Mehdi
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Krayenhoff, E. Scott
  • Zickfeld, Kirsten
  • Middel, Ariane

Multi-year evaluation of airborne geodetic surveys to estimate seasonal mass balance, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada

  • Pelto, Ben M
  • Menounos, Brian
  • Marshall, Shawn J

Pathways from built environment to health: A conceptual framework linking behavior and exposure-based impacts

  • Frank, Lawrence D.
  • Iroz-Elardo, Nicole
  • MacLeod, Kara E.
  • Hong, Andy

Putting electric vehicles on the map: A policy agenda for residential charging infrastructure in Canada

  • Lopez-Behar, Diana
  • Tran, Martino
  • Mayaud, Jerome R.
  • Froese, Thomas
  • Herrera, Omar E.
  • Merida, Walter

Snow drought risk and susceptibility in the Western United States and Southwestern Canada

  • Dierauer, Jennifer R.
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Whitfield, Paul H.

Spatial and temporal optimization of hydrogen fuel supply chain for light duty passenger vehicles in British Columbia

  • Talebian, Hoda
  • Herrera, Omar E.
  • Mérida, Walter

Statistical and synoptic analyses of offshore wind variations

  • Bakri, Talaat
  • Jackson, Peter

The roles of users in electric, shared and automated mobility transitions

  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Sovacool, Benjamin K.

Towards environmental health equity in health impact assessment: innovations and opportunities

  • Buse, Chris G.
  • Lai, Valerie
  • Cornish, Katie
  • Parkes, Margot W.

Tree‐ring reconstructions of stemwood biomass indicate increases in the growth rate of black spruce trees across boreal forests of Canada

  • Hember, Robbie A.
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • Girardin, Martin P.

Urban tree planting to maintain outdoor thermal comfort under climate change: The case of Vancouver's local climate zones

  • Aminipouri, Mehdi
  • Rayner, David
  • Lindberg, Fredrik
  • Thorsson, Sofia
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Zickfeld, Kirsten
  • Middel, Ariane
  • Krayenhoff, E. Scott

Walkability vs. walking: Assessing outcomes of walkability at Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, Canada

  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Zhang, K.
  • Monti, A.
  • Ebneshahidi, M.

What does Tesla mean to car buyers? Exploring the role of automotive brand in perceptions of battery electric vehicles

  • Long, Zoe
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Miller, Inger
  • Kormos, Christine

2018

Addressing greenhouse gas emissions from business-related air travel at public institutions: A case study of the University of British Columbia [PICS Report].

  • Wynes, Seth
  • Donner, Simon D

A demand response system for wind power integration: greenhouse gas mitigation and reduction of generator cycling

  • Broeer, Torsten
  • Tuffner, Francis K.
  • Franca, Anaissia
  • Djilali, Nedjib

A fast stochastic solution method for the Blade Element Momentum equations for long-term load assessment

  • Fluck, Manuel
  • Crawford, Curran

A participatory approach to evaluating strategies for forest carbon mitigation in British Columbia

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Hoberg, George
  • Sheppard, Stephen R.J.

Attending to scalar ethical issues in emerging approaches to environmental health research and practice

  • Buse, Chris G.
  • Smith, Maxwell
  • Silva, Diego S.

Bioenergy mitigation potential: Refining displaced emissions from British Columbia’s heat and electricity production

  • Howard, Christina
  • Smyth, Carolyn E.

Challenges in financing public sector low-carbon initiatives: Lessons from private finance for a school district in British Columbia, Canada

  • Jensen, Thor
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

Climate change mitigation strategies in the forest sector: biophysical impacts and economic implications in British Columbia, Canada

  • Xu, Zhen
  • Smyth, Carolyn E.
  • Lemprière, Tony C.
  • Rampley, Greg J.
  • Kurz, Werner A.

Climate controls on runoff and low flows in mountain catchments of Western North America

  • Dierauer, Jennifer R.
  • Whitfield, Paul H.
  • Allen, Diana M.

Coal-to-biomass retrofit in Alberta –value of forest residue bioenergy in the electricity system

  • Keller, Victor
  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • English, Jeffrey
  • Niet, Taco
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Moazzen, Iman
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew

Coastal green infrastructure as a sea level rise adaptation measure: assessing environmental, local, and institutional contexts. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Conger, Tugce

Coupling stated preferences with a hydrological water resource model to inform water policies for residential areas in the Okanagan Basin, Canada

  • Conrad, Steven A.
  • Yates, D.

Deliberating climate change mitigation options and policies in British Columbia’s forests. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume

Densification of Vancouver's neighbourhoods: Energy use, emissions, and affordability [Thesis]

  • Pardy, Aaron

Electricity consumption and battery lifespan estimation for transit electric buses: drivetrain simulations and electrochemical modelling. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Franca, Anaissia

Electrification of road freight transport: Policy implications in British Columbia

  • Talebian, Hoda
  • Herrera, Omar E.
  • Tran, Martino
  • Mérida, Walter

Energy rating system for climate conscious operation of multi-unit residential buildings

  • Gamalath, Isuru
  • Hewage, Kasun
  • Ruparathna, Rajeev
  • Karunathilake, Hirushie
  • Prabatha, Tharindu
  • Sadiq, Rehan

Examining the role of natural gas and advanced vehicle technologies in mitigating CO2 emissions of heavy-duty trucks: Modeling prototypical British Columbia routes with road grades

  • Lajevardi, S. Mojtaba
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Crawford, Curran

Exploring future water demand and climate change impacts on water availability in the Peace Region of British Columbia, Canada

  • Dierauer, Jennifer R.
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Whitfield, Paul H.

Groundwater and surface water quality and quantity vulnerability mapping in Northeast British Columbia. Technical report submitted to BC Oil and Gas Commission [project report]

  • Holding, Shannon
  • McKoen, Z.
  • Allen, Diana M.

Hazard-specific vulnerability mapping for water security in a shale gas context

  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Holding, Shannon
  • McKoen, Z.

Implications of distributed solar PV on the flexibility of hydro-dominant power systems. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Fowler, Mckenzie April

Including electricity imports in California's cap-and-trade program: A case study of a border carbon adjustment in practice

  • Pauer, Stefan U.

Light weight look ahead: Eco-dialogues between buildings and their inhabitants. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Rajus, Vinu Subashini

Low tree-growth elasticity of forest biomass indicated by an individual-based model

  • Hember, Robbie A.
  • Kurz, Werner A.

Mitigating risk of emissions in energy planning and the operational implications. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Niet, Taco

Modelling the disposal of highly saline wastewater in the Paddy and Cadotte Members, Northeastern British Columbia (NTS 093P); in Geoscience BC summary of activities 2017: Energy, (Report 2018-4). [project report]

  • Simons, M.S.
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Kirste, K.
  • Welch, L.A.

Operational performance management of multi-unit residential buildings

  • Prabatha, Tharindu
  • Ruparathna, Rajeev
  • Hewage, Kasun
  • Sadiq, Rehan

Policy makers or policy takers: How can cities contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions? [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Braglewicz, Morgan Alissa

Public perceptions about climate change mitigation in British Columbia's forest sector

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Hagerman, Shannon M.
  • Kozak, R
  • Hoberg, George

Reaching 30% plug-in vehicle sales by 2030: Modeling incentive and sales mandate strategies in Canada

  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Wolinetz, Michael

Sedimentary basin geothermal favourability mapping and power generation assessments

  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Banks, J.
  • Walsh, W.
  • Robertson, Bryson

Simulating the value of electric-vehicle-grid integration using a behaviourally realistic model

  • Wolinetz, Michael
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Peters, Jotham
  • Crawford, Curran

Spatially and temporally continuous estimates of annual total nitrogen deposition over North America, 1860-2013

  • Hember, Robbie A.

Spatially explicit robust impact patterns: a new approach to account for uncertainties of long-term sea-level rise impacts at the local level. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Yip, Zheng Ki (Jackie)

Statistical performance and behaviour of environmentally-sensitive composite models of lodgepole pine growth

  • Hember, Robbie A.
  • Coops, Nicholas C
  • Kurz, Werner A.

System-level power-to-gas energy storage for high penetrations of variable renewables

  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • Niet, Taco
  • English, Jeffrey
  • Keller, Victor
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Rowe, Andrew
  • Wild, Peter

Techno-economic feasibility study of a photovoltaic-equipped plug-in electric vehicle public parking lot with coordinated charging. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Ivanova, Alyona

The Economics of Air Capture of CO2 in Canada

  • Hodgson, David

Towards net zero heating: An analysis of technology and policy pathways for decarbonizing building heat in British Columbia

  • Thompson, Kaitlin

Towards urban and regional resilience : a case study of Metro Vancouver region, Canada. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Yumagulova, Lilia

Transactive control of fast-acting demand response based on thermostatic loads in real-time retail electricity markets

  • Behboodi, Sahand
  • Chassin, David P.
  • Djilali, Nedjib
  • Crawford, Curran

Urban Building Energy Modelling (UBEM) in Data Limited Environments

  • Therrien, Garrett E.S

Use of revealed preference data to estimate the costs of forest carbon sequestration in Canada

  • Murphy, Rose Elise
  • Gross, Dominique M.
  • Jaccard, Mark

Valuing infrastructure investments to reduce curtailment

  • Niet, Taco
  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • English, Jeffrey
  • Keller, Victor
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew

What drives the Pioneers? Applying lifestyle theory to early electric vehicle buyers in Canada

  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Cairns, Josh
  • Dusyk, Nichole
  • Goldberg, Suzanne

Why should public health agencies across Canada conduct climate change and health vulnerability assessments?

  • Buse, Chris G.

2017

Adaptive capacity: from assessment to action in coastal social-ecological systems

  • Whitney, Charlotte K.
  • Bennett, Nathan J.
  • Ban, Natalie C.
  • Allison, Edward H.
  • Armitage, Derek
  • Blythe, Jessica L.
  • Burt, Jenn M.
  • Cheung, William
  • Finkbeiner, Elena M.
  • Kaplan-Hallam, Maery
  • Perry, Ian
  • Turner, Nancy J.
  • Yumagulova, Lilia

A multi-objective design optimization approach for floating offshore wind turbine support structures

  • Karimi, Meysam
  • Hall, Matthew
  • Buckham, Bradley
  • Crawford, Curran

An engineering model for 3D turbulent wind inflow based on a limited set of random variables

  • Fluck, Manuel
  • Crawford, Curran

Assessing Canada-British Columbia climate policy design and interaction. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Hein, Mikela

Assessing the impact of an electric bus duty cycle on battery pack life span

  • Franca, Anaissia
  • Fernandez, Julian Alberto
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Djilali, Ned

Assessing the suitability of hydrometric data for trend analysis: The ‘FlowScreen’ package for R

  • Dierauer, Jennifer R.
  • Whitfield, Paul H.
  • Allen, Diana M.

Barriers to the development of forest carbon offsetting: Insights from British Columbia, Canada

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Hagerman, Shannon M.
  • Hoberg, George

Can cities really make a difference? Case study of Vancouver's renewable city strategy [project report]

  • Zuehlke, Brett
  • Jaccard, Mark
  • Murphy, Rose Elise

Confusion of innovations: Mainstream consumer perceptions and misperceptions of electric-drive vehicles and charging programs in Canada

  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Langman, Brad
  • Goldberg, Suzanne

Consolidated adsorbent containing graphite flakes for heat-driven water sorption cooling systems

  • Fayazmanesh, Khorshid
  • McCague, Claire
  • Bahrami, Majid

Consolidated composite adsorbent containing graphite flake for sorption cooling systems. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Fayazmanesh, Khorshid

Coordinated charging of electric vehicles connected to a net-metered PV parking lot

  • Ivanova, Alyona
  • Fernandez, Julian Alberto
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Djilali, Ned

Delineation of spatial variability in the temperature-mortality relationship on extremely hot days in greater Vancouver, Canada

  • Ho, Hung Chak
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Walker, Blake Byron
  • Henderson, Sarah B.

Effective thermal conductivity modeling of consolidated sorption composites containing graphite flakes

  • Fayazmanesh, Khorshid
  • Salari, Sina
  • Bahrami, Majid

Emergence and influence of a new policy regime: The case of forest carbon offsets in British Columbia

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Hagerman, Shannon
  • Hoberg, George

Enhancing water security in a rapidly developing shale gas region

  • Holding, Shannon
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Notte, Chelsea
  • Olewiler, Nancy

Evaluating options for managing British Columbia’s forest sector to mitigate climate (Second Primer)

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Hoberg, George
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • Smyth, Carolyn E.
  • Xu, Zhen
  • Lemprière, Tony C.

Exploring citizen support for different types of climate policy

  • Rhodes, Ekaterina
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Jaccard, Mark

Forest sector strategies for climate change mitigation

  • Smyth, Carolyn E.
  • Kurz, Werner A.

Getting to zero : a field-level perspective on organizational transitions towards carbon neutrality. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Piggot, Georgia Jean

H2-optimal transactive control of electric power regulation from fast-acting demand response in the presence of high renewables

  • Chassin, David P.
  • Behboodi, Sahand
  • Shi, Yang
  • Djilali, Nedjib

Hedging the risk of increased emissions in long term energy planning

  • Niet, Taco
  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • English, Jeffrey
  • Keller, Victor
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Moazzen, Iman
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew

How policy can build the plug-in electric vehicle market: Insights from the REspondent-based Preference And Constraints (REPAC) model

  • Wolinetz, Michael
  • Axsen, Jonn

Impact of electrical intertie capacity on carbon policy effectiveness

  • English, Jeffrey
  • Niet, Taco
  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • Palmer-Wilson, Kevin
  • Keller, Victor
  • Moazzen, Iman
  • Pitt, Lawrence
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew

Increasing net ecosystem biomass production of Canada's boreal and temperate forests despite decline in dry climates

  • Hember, Robbie A.
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • Coops, Nicholas C

Interconnection-wide hour-ahead scheduling in the presence of intermittent renewables and demand response: A surplus maximizing approach

  • Behboodi, Sahand
  • Chassin, David P.
  • Djilali, Nedjib
  • Crawford, Curran

Investigating the role of buried valley aquifer systems in the regional hydrogeology of the Peace River region, northeastern British Columbia (parts of NTS 094A, B); in Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2016, Geoscience BC, Report 2017-1 [project report

  • Morgan, Samantha E.
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Kirste, D.M. Dirk
  • Salas, Carlos J.

Liquefied natural gas, carbon pollution, and British Columbia in 2017: An overview of B.C. LNG issues in the context of climate change

  • Heerema, Dylan
  • Kniewasser, Maximilian

Local policies and practices for climate mitigation : guidance for local governments in BC from around the world. [Project Report]

  • Senbel, Maged
  • Pierce, Jennifer Rae

Low carbon resilience and transboundary municipal ecosystem governance: A case study of Still Creek [project report]

  • Chloe, Boyle
  • Nichol, Edward

Modeling energy for urban form archetypes

  • Salter, Jonathan
  • Kellett, Ronald
  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Inomata, Fausto

Motivating communities to retrofit their homes: The potential of thermal imaging in BC [PICS Report]

  • Westerhoff, Lisa Michelle
  • Cote, Shirlene
  • Chu, Anne Mareike
  • Sheppard, Stephen R. J.
  • Burch, Sarah
  • Paul, Sabine

Nitrogen stewardship in the Anthropocene.

  • Seitzinger, Sybil P
  • Phillips, Leigh

Numerical modelling of highly saline wastewater disposal in Northeast British Columbia

  • Simons, M.S.
  • Kirste, D.M. Dirk
  • Welch, L.A.

Numerical models for tidal turbine farms [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Shives, Michael Robert

Pipelines imperil Canada's ecosystem.

  • Alava, Juan José
  • Calle, Nastenka

Plain language summary: Increasing net ecosystem biomass production of Canada’s boreal and temperate forests despite decline in dry climates

  • Hember, Robbie A.

Profiling farmers’ preferences about drought response policies using a choice experiment in the Okanagan Basin, Canada

  • Conrad, Steven A.
  • Rutherford, Murray B.
  • Haider, Wolfgang

Refuelling Alberta coal plants with biomass

  • Rowe, Andrew
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Keller, Victor

Relationships between individual-tree mortality and water-balance variables indicate positive trends in water stress-induced tree mortality across North America

  • Hember, Robbie A.
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • Coops, Nicholas C.

Relationships between variables and energy consumption in different building types

  • Chan Kim, Ju
  • Salter, Jonathan
  • Kellett, Ronald
  • Girling, Cynthia

Site C and energy flexibility for the future

  • Rowe, Andrew

Spatial and temporal variability of potential evaporation across North American forests

  • Hember, Robbie A.
  • Coops, Nicholas C
  • Spittlehouse, David

Understanding ecological response to disturbance: Mechanisms and management strategies in a changing world [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Shackelford, Nancy

Vancouver's renewable city strategy: economic and policy analysis [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Zuehlke, Brett Maynard

Wave energy a primer for British Columbia [PICS Report].

  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Bailey, Helen
  • Buckham, Bradley

2016

A brighter future: Solar energy in BC. An application of multiple account cost - benefit analysis and barriers analysis. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Damkjar, Evan

A comparison of urban heat islands mapped using skin temperature, air temperature, and apparent temperature (Humidex), for the greater Vancouver area

  • Ho, Hung Chak
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Xu, Yongming
  • Hodul, Matus
  • Aminipouri, Mehdi

Addressing key challenges in transportation mode electrification

  • Crawford, Curran
  • Franca, Anaissia
  • Daniel Clancy, John Jankowski Walsh
  • Ivanova, Alyona
  • Tehrani, Nima
  • Amid, Pouya
  • Behboodi, Sahand
  • Chassin, David
  • Djlali, Ned

Alberta’s carrot and stick approach to GHG emissions reduction

  • Lyseng, Benjamin
  • Pitt, Lawrence

Aquifer – stream connectivity at various scales: Application of sediment – water interface temperature and vulnerability assessments of groundwater dependent streams. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Middleton, Mary Ann

Assessing Municipal Climate Policies in British Columbia [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Baji, Anusha

A stochastic aerodynamic model for stationary blades in unsteady 3D wind fields

  • Fluck, Manuel
  • Crawford, Curran

Climate change mitigation options in British Columbia’s forests: A primer

  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Hoberg, George

Climate change mitigation through forest sector activities: Principles, potential and priorities

  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • Smyth, Carolyn E.
  • Lemprière, Tony C.

Climate risk: Getting to action

  • Adaptation to Climate Change Team

Comparing the groundwater contribution in two groundwater-fed streams using a combination of methods

  • Middleton, Mary Ann
  • Allen, Diana M.
  • Whitfield, Paul H.

Decarbonising the Alberta power system with carbon pricing

  • Lyseng, B.
  • Rowe, A.
  • Wild, P.
  • English, J.
  • Niet, T.
  • Pitt, L.

Designing politically acceptable and effective policies to mitigate climate change. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Rhodes, Ekaterina

Effects of visualizations and information-rich public engagement in planning for energy and emissions

  • Girling, Cynthia
  • Maged, Senbel
  • Kellett, Ronald

Electric vehicle participation in transactive power systems using real-time retail prices

  • Behboodi, Sahand
  • Chassin, David P.
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Djilali, Ned

Envisioning a building information model (BIM) integrated building performance visualization (iPViz) interface. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Jaffery, Syed Raza Ali

Evaluation of actions and policies to reduce urban GHG emissions using multiple criteria: A contribution towards energy efficiency in British Columbia's built environment

  • Murphy, Rose Elise
  • Boyd, Kaitlin Alexandra
  • Jaccard, Mark

Forest carbon mitigation policy: A policy gap analysis for British Columbia

  • Hoberg, George
  • Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume
  • Schittecatte, Gabrielle
  • Dymond, Caren C.

How might potential future plug-in electric vehicle buyers differ from current "Pioneer" owners?

  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Goldberg, Suzanne
  • Bailey, Joseph

Hydroelectric vulnerability and climate change [PICS Brief]

  • Phillips, Leigh

Impacts of large-scale wave integration into a transmission-constrained grid

  • Moazzen, Iman
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Wild, Peter
  • Rowe, Andrew
  • Buckham, Bradley

Implications of transportation electrification in Metro Vancouver

  • Herrera, Omar
  • Taiebat, Morteza
  • Sassani, Farrokh
  • Merida, Walter

Local solutions to a global problem?: Canadian municipal policy responses to climate change. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Schwartz, Elizabeth

Low carbon resilience: Transformative climate change strategy for Canada [project report]

  • Nichol, Edward
  • Harford, Deborah

Modelling the impact of the climate leadership plan & federal carbon price of British Columbia's greenhouse gas Emissions: methods and results of a greenhouse gas forecasting analysis [project report]

  • Wolinetz, Michael

Off Track To 2050?: A study of present and future interurban transportation emissions in British Columbia, Canada, relative to its greenhouse gas reduction targets act of 2007. [Thesis] University of Northern British Columbia

  • Schare, Moritz Alexander

Policies to reduce urban GHG emissions: Accounting for heterogeneity of demographics, values, and urban form. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Boyd, Kaitlin Alexandra

Potential near-future carbon uptake overcomes losses from a large insect outbreak in British Columbia, Canada

  • Arora, Vivek K.
  • Peng, Yiran
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • Fyfe, John C.
  • Hawkins, Barbara
  • Werner, Arelia T.

Renewable resources portfolio optimization in the presence of demand response

  • Behboodi, Sahand
  • Chassin, David P.
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Djilali, Nedjib

Shallow groundwater intrinsic vulnerability mapping in northeast British Columbia [PICS Brief]

  • Holding, Shannon
  • Allen, Diana M.

Social mobilization: How to encourage action on climate change [PICS Report]

  • Sussman, Reuven
  • Gifford, Robert
  • Abrahamse, Wokje

Spatial influences of heat exposures and social vulnerability on the temperature-mortality relationship: A case study in the Greater Vancouver area. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Ho, Hung Chak

Technology and policy pathways to decarbonize Canada's emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries

  • Diner, Gabrielle

The AURORA connected vehicle technology testbed

  • Michelson, D. G.
  • Leung, V. C.M.
  • Chow, G.

The use of discrete choice experiments and a coupled socio-hydrological model to inform water policymaking in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Conrad, Steven A.

Understanding and assessing cumulative impacts to coastal ecosystem services. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Singh, Gerald Gurinder

Using multiple disparate data sources to map heat vulnerability: Vancouver case study

  • Aminipouri, Mehdi
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Ho, Hung Chak

2015

Accelerating energy efficiency in BC’s built environment: Lessons from Massachusetts and California (PICS Report)

  • Berkhout, Tom

Analysis of smart grid and demand response technologies for renewable energy integration: Operational and environmental challenges. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Broeer, Torsten

A new thermostat for real-time price demand response: Cost, comfort and energy impacts of discrete-time control without deadband

  • Chassin, David P.
  • Stoustrup, Jakob
  • Agathoklis, Panajotis
  • Djilali, Nedjib

Anticipating PEV buyers' acceptance of utility controlled charging

  • Bailey, Joseph
  • Axsen, Jonn

A publically available database for studying ecological change in mountain ecosystems

  • Trant, Andrew J
  • Starzomski, Brian M.
  • Higgs, Eric

A spatial framework to map heat health risks at multiple scales

  • Ho, Hung Chak
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Huang, Wei

Associations between biogeoclimatic zones, aquifer type, agricultural land and five gastrointestinal illnesses in British Columbia from 2000-2013 and potential implications under projected climate change. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Brubacher, Jordan

A template for the world: British Columbia’s carbon tax shift

  • Pedersen, Thomas F.
  • Elgie, Stewart

B.C. shale scenario tool technical report [project report]

  • Kniewasser, Maximilian
  • Horne, Matt

Cheaper Power Bills, More Jobs, Less CO2: How On-Bill Financing Done Right can be a Quick Win for British Columbia [PICS report]

  • Efe, Seref
  • ur Raheem, Inam
  • Wan, Tingting
  • Williamson, Carter

City Stories: From narrative to practice in Vancouver's Olympic Village. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Westerhoff, Lisa Michelle

Combining wave energy with wind and solar: Short-term forecasting

  • Reikard, Gordon
  • Robertson, Bryson
  • Bidlot, Jean Raymond

Comparative life cycle assessment of hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles in different Canadian provinces

  • Ahmadi, Pouria
  • Kjeang, Erik

Electrifying vehicles: Insights from the Canadian plug-in electric vehicle study [project report]

  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Goldberg, Suzanne
  • Bailey, Joseph

Evolution of energy efficiency requirements in the BC Building Code [PICS report]

  • Frappé-sénéclauze, Tom-pierre
  • Macnab, Josha

Final Report: Shallow groundwater intrinsic vulnerability mapping in Northeast British Columbia

  • Holding, Shannon
  • Allen, Diana M.

Fire in the woods or fire in the boiler: Implementing rural district heating to reduce wildfire risks in the forest-urban interface

  • Blanco, Juan A.
  • Dubois, David
  • Littlejohn, Dale
  • Flanders, David N.
  • Robinson, Peter
  • Moshofsky, Molly
  • Welham, Clive

Fossil Fuel Divestment: Reviewing Arguments, Implications & Policy Opportunities (white paper)

  • Ritchie, Justin
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

Fruitful factors: what limits seed production of flowering plants in the alpine?

  • Straka, Jason Ryan
  • Starzomski, Brian M.

Gauging citizen support for a low carbon fuel standard

  • Rhodes, Ekaterina
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Jaccard, Mark

Housing preference in the peri-urban zone: The prospects for urban containment and smart growth in North Cowichan. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Brown, Eric Gavin

Independent component analysis of local-scale temporal variability in sediment-water interface temperature

  • Middleton, Mary Ann
  • Whitfield, Paul H.
  • Allen, Diana M.

Long-term energy planning with uncertain environmental performance metrics

  • Parkinson, Simon C.
  • Djilali, Nedjib

Multicentury reconstruction of western spruce budworm outbreaks in central British Columbia, Canada

  • Axelson, J. N.
  • Smith, D. J.
  • Daniels, Lori D.
  • Alfaro, R. I.

Norway's electric vehicle revolution: Lessons for British Columbia [PICS Brief]

  • Phillips, Leigh

Paying for Urban Infrastructure: Adaptation in Canada: An Analysis of Existing and Potential Economic Instruments for Local Governments

  • ACT (Adaptation to Climate ChangeTeam)

Preference and lifestyle heterogeneity among potential plug-in electric vehicle buyers

  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Bailey, Joseph
  • Castro, Marisol Andrea

Present and future wind energy resources in Western Canada. [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Daines, Jeffrey Thomas

Robust response to hydro-climatic change in electricity generation planning

  • Parkinson, Simon C.
  • Djilali, Nedjib

Special Report – A synthesis of PICS-funded social mobilization research: What works – and what doesn't – for engaging people on climate change [PICS report]

  • Sheppard, Stephen R. J.
  • Iype, Deepti Mathew
  • Cote, Shirlene
  • Salter, J.

Storage and the shift to low carbon energy

  • Niet, Taco
  • Pitt, Lawrence
  • Rowe, Andrew
  • Wild, Peter

Swimming against the current: Valuation of white sturgeon in renewal of the Columbia River Treaty. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Sihota, Sukhraj

The adoption of ground source heat pumps at multiple scales in North America [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Jensen, Thor

The effect of carbon taxes on agricultural trade

  • Rivers, Nicholas
  • Schaufele, Brandon

The effects of disturbance history on the taxonomic and functional composition of ground-layer plant communities. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Ton, Michael

The mountain habitats segmentation and change detection dataset

  • Jean, Frédéric
  • Albu, Alexandra Branzan
  • Capson, David
  • Higgs, Eric
  • Fisher, Jason T
  • Starzomski, Brian M.

The Path to “Net-Zero Energy” buildings in BC: The case for action and the role of public policy [PICS Report]

  • Frappé-Sénéclauze, Tom-Pierre
  • Kniewasser, Maximilian

Valuing ecosystem goods and services in the Columbia river basin [project report]

  • Cotter, Anthony
  • Sihota, Sukhraj

Visualizing Category-Specific Changes in Oblique Photographs of Mountain Landscapes

  • Jean, Frédéric
  • Albu, Alexandra Branzan
  • Capson, David
  • Higgs, Eric
  • Fisher, Jason T
  • Starzomski, Brian M.

Why BC ’s carbon tax is a template for the world. Fast facts from: A template for the world: British Columbia's carbon tax shift

  • Pedersen, Thomas F.
  • Elgie, Stewart

Wildlife ecosystem resilience in the context of climate change: a Kootenay case study on stakeholder perspectives on conservation interventions [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Davis, Roderick Leigh

2014

A Border Runs Through It: Exploring Transboundary Institutional Support for Environmental Flows for Ecosystem Function in the Columbia River Basin, MPP Thesis

  • Kruger, Melissa

Achieving emissions reduction through oil sands cogeneration in Alberta's deregulated electricity market

  • Ouellette, A.
  • Rowe, Andrew
  • Sopinka, Amy
  • Wild, Peter

Assessing Fracture Network Connectivity of Prefeasibility-Level High Temperature Geothermal Projects using Discrete Fracture Network Modelling, MASc Thesis

  • Mak, Stephen J.

Beyond the black box: Forest sector vulnerability assessments and adaptation to climate change in North America

  • Wellstead, Adam
  • Rayner, Jeremy
  • Howlett, Michael

Climate and atmospheric drivers of historical terrestrial carbon uptake in the province of British Columbia, Canada

  • Peng, Yiran
  • Arora, Vivek K
  • Kurz, Werner A.
  • Hember, Robbie A.
  • Hawkins, Barbara
  • Fyfe, John C
  • Werner, Arelia T.

Climate Stressor Scenarios: Final Report. Regional Economic Impact of Climate Change in B.C. Examined Through Scenario Analysis

  • Donahue, Kayleigh

Does effective climate policy require well-informed citizen support?

  • Rhodes, Ekaterina
  • Axsen, Jonn
  • Jaccard, Mark

Economic Trade-Offs between Carbon Offset and Timber Opportunities in British Columbia’s Central Coast: A Decision Analysis Approach, MRM Thesis

  • Munro, Heather

Environmental change in Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems: The evolution of an eco-cultural landscape

  • Pellatt, Marlow G.
  • Gedalof, Ze'ev

Estimating daily maximum air temperature from MODIS in British Columbia, Canada

  • Xu, Yongming
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Ho, Hung Chak

Games for Change: Looking at Models of Persuasion Through the Lens of Design

  • Antle, Alissa N.
  • Tanenbaum, Joshua G.
  • Macaranas, Anna
  • Robinson, John

Glacier Change in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, Canada (1946-2011), PhD Thesis

  • Beedle, Matthew J.

Humming along or buzzing off? The elusive consequences of plant-pollinator mismatches

  • Straka, Jason Ryan
  • Starzomski, Brian M.

Incorporating climate change adaptation into local plans

  • Picketts, Ian M.
  • Déry, Stephen J.
  • Curry, John A.

Industrial and Market Development of Biochar in British Columbia (white paper)

  • de Ruiter, Geoff
  • Helle, Steve
  • Rutherford, Michael

Integrative approaches to environmental life cycle assessment of consumer electronics and connected media, PhD Thesis

  • Teehan, Paul

Literature Review: Economic Analysis of Climate Change Adaption in B.C. Agriculture

  • Donahue, Kayleigh

LNG and Climate Change : The Global Context (white paper)

  • Horne, Matt
  • Macnab, Josha

Mapping maximum urban air temperature on hot summer days

  • Ho, Hung Chak
  • Knudby, Anders Jensen
  • Sirovyak, Paul
  • Xu, Yongming
  • Hodul, Matus
  • Henderson, Sarah B.

PICS Final Report: Studies in transition to a low GHG economy

  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

PICS Special Report: What works and what doesn’t for motivating people to act on climate change

  • Sheppard, Stephen R. J.
  • Iype, Deepti Mathew
  • Cote, Shirlene
  • Salter, J.

Regional outbreak dynamics of Dothistroma needle blight linked to weather patterns in British Columbia, Canada

  • Welsh, Cedar
  • Lewis, Kathy J.
  • Woods, Alex J.

Soil Organic Matter: A Sustainability Indicator for Wildfire Control and Bioenergy Production in the Urban/Forest Interface

  • Blanco, Juan A.
  • Dubois, David
  • Littlejohn, Dale
  • Flanders, David N.
  • Robinson, Peter
  • Moshofsky, Molly
  • Welham, Clive

Taming WECC's carbon diet: are we losing weight yet?

  • Sopinka, Amy
  • Pitt, Lawrence

The Columbia River Treaty: Fifty years after the handshake

  • Sopinka, Amy
  • Pitt, Lawrence

The Effect of British Columbia's Carbon Tax on Agricultural Trade [PICS report]

  • Rivers, Nicholas
  • Schaufele, Brandon

The Future of Atmospheric Rivers And Actions to Reduce Impacts on British Columbians

  • Pinna Sustainability

The Hydrogeology of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, MSc Thesis

  • Larocque, Isabelle

Variation in wood anatomical structure of Douglas-fir defoliated by the western spruce budworm: a case study in the coastal-transitional zone of British Columbia, Canada

  • Axelson, J. N.
  • Bast, A.
  • Alfaro, R. I.
  • Smith, D. J.
  • Gärtner, H.

2013

Accounting for the ecological footprint of materials in consumer goods at the urban scale

  • Kissinger, Meidad
  • Sussman, Cornelia
  • Moore, Jennie Lynn
  • Rees, William E.

A comparative life cycle assessment of diesel and compressed natural gas powered refuse collection vehicles in a Canadian city

  • Rose, Lars
  • Hussain, Mohammed
  • Ahmed, Syed
  • Malek, Kourosh
  • Costanzo, Robert
  • Kjeang, Erik

A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Ecological Footprint Analysis of Metro Vancouver Residents’ Air Travel

  • Legg, Ruth
  • Moore, Jennie Lynn
  • Kissinger, Meidad
  • Rees, William E.

An urban metabolism and ecological footprint assessment of Metro Vancouver

  • Moore, Jennie Lynn
  • Kissinger, Meidad
  • Rees, William E.

Are small-to-mid sized businesses the catalyst to a low carbon economy in BC (white paper)

  • Sheehan, Elizabeth
  • Ourom, Jens
  • Lee, Lloyd

Assessing British Columbia's carbon tax design: public and stakeholder perspectives.

  • Rhodes, Ekaterina
  • Horne, Matt

A Tale of Two Climate Policies: Political Economy of British Columbia's Carbon Tax and Clean Electricity Standard

  • Rhodes, Ekaterina
  • Jaccard, Mark

Bottom-up policy lessons emerging from the Western Climate Initiative's development challenges

  • Klinsky, Sonja

British Columbia Electricity Supply Gap Strategy: A Redefinition of Self-Sufficiency

  • Sopinka, Amy
  • Pitt, Lawrence

British Columbia's 'carbon neutral government' mandate - influence on infrastructure decisions [Thesis] The University of British Columbia

  • Lau, Kim Yang

Can 4D Visioning Foster Community Responses on Climate Change? MA Thesis

  • Cornish, Laura M.

Closing the loop: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating green jobs through zero waste in BC (White Paper)

  • Lee, Marc
  • Legg, Ruth
  • Maxwell, Sue
  • Rees, William E.

Comparing embodied greenhouse gas emissions of modern computing and electronics products

  • Teehan, Paul
  • Kandlikar, Milind

Drilling plans endanger Yasuní's biodiversity

  • Alava, Juan José
  • Calle, Nastenka

Ecological footprints, fair earth-shares and urbanization

  • Rees, William E.
  • Moore, Jennie Lynn

Fire in the woods or fire in the boiler? A new tool to help rural communities determine if forest biomass from wildfire abatement (white paper)

  • Blanco, Juan A.
  • Flanders, David N.
  • Littlejohn, Dale
  • Dubois, David
  • Robinson, Peter

Fuego en el bosque o fuego en la caldera: estudiando la sostenibilidad de utlizar las cortas preventvas para mantener un sistema de calefacción de distrito [project report]

  • Blanco, Juan A.
  • Littlejohn, Dale
  • Dubois, David
  • Flanders, David N.
  • Robinson, Peter

Getting Serious about Sustainability: Exploring the Potential for One-Planet Living in Vancouver, PhD Thesis

  • Moore, Jennie Lynn

“Greening” the Fleet : Using a Lifecycle Modeling Tool for Procurement [PICS Brief]

  • Kjeang, Erik
  • Shahraeeni, Mehdi

Integrating renewable energy using a smart distribution system: Potential of self-regulating demand response

  • Williams, Trevor
  • Wang, Dan
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Djilali, Nedjib

Learning with practitioners: Climate change adaptation priorities in a Canadian community

  • Picketts, Ian M.
  • Curry, John A.
  • Déry, Stephen J.
  • Cohen, Stewart J.

Making the Case for Using Development Cost Charges for Climate Change Mitigation, MSc Thesis

  • Ng, Polly

Mesh and load distribution requirements for actuator line CFD simulations

  • Shives, Michael Robert
  • Crawford, Curran

Moving toward greater adoption of integrated resource recovery in BC. [PICS Brief]

  • Shah, Timothy H.
  • O'Riordan, Jon

Optimal electricity system planning in a large hydro jurisdiction: Will British Columbia soon become a major importer of electricity?

  • Kiani, Behdad
  • Rowe, Andrew
  • Wild, Peter
  • Pitt, Lawrence
  • Sopinka, Amy
  • Pedersen, Thomas F.

Phytoliths of Southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada, and their potential use to reconstruct shifting boundaries between Douglas-fir forest and oak savannah

  • McCune, Jenny L.
  • Pellatt, Marlow G.

Pragmatism, Projections, Priorities, Plans and Politics in Prince George: Adapting to Climate Change in a Canadian Community, PhD Thesis

  • Picketts, Ian M.

Probabilistic Load Flow Modeling Comparing Maximum Entropy and Gram-Charlier Probability Density Function Reconstructions

  • Williams, Trevor
  • Crawford, Curran

Strengthening BC's Agriculture Sector in the Face of Climate Change (white paper)

  • Crawford, Erica
  • Beveridge, Rachelle

The GHG contribution of the cascaded use of harvested wood products in comparison with the use of wood for energy-A case study on available forest resources in Canada

  • Sikkema, Richard
  • Junginger, Martin
  • McFarlane, Paul N
  • Faaij, André

The potential contribution of British Columbia’s forest sector to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets:

  • Kurz, Werner A.

Three perspectives on behavior change for serious games

  • Tanenbaum, Joshua G.
  • Antle, Alissa N.
  • Robinson, John

Trends in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council: Retrospect and Prospect

  • Sopinka, Amy
  • Pitt, Lawrence

Urban Form and Building Energy: Quantifiying Relationships Using a Multi-Scale Approach PhD Thesis

  • Miller, Nicole

Variable Energy Resources: VERy interesting implications for the western interconnect

  • Sopinka, Amy
  • Pitt, Lawrence

Youtopia: A collaborative, tangible, multi-touch, sustainability learning activity. In Proceedings of International Conference on Interaction Design for Children (IDC ’13), ACM Press (New York City, NY, USA, June 24-27, 2013)

  • Antle, Alissa N.
  • Wise, Alyssa F.
  • Hall, Amanda
  • Nowroozi, Saba
  • Tan, Perry
  • Warren, Jillian
  • Eckersley, Rachael
  • Fan, Michelle

2012

A Hydrologic Assessment of using Low Impact Development to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change in Victoria, BC, Canada, MSc Thesis

  • Jensen, Christopher Allen

Assessing the Impacts of Wind Integration in the Western Provinces, PhD Thesis

  • Sopinka, Amy

BC Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Risk and Opportunity Assessment: Provincial Report

  • Crawford, Erica
  • Macnair, Emily

B.C Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Risk and Opportunity Assessment: Provincial Report: Executive Summary

  • Crawford, Erica
  • Macnair, Emily

BC Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Risk and Opportunity Assessment Series: Cattle Production Central Interior Snapshot Report

  • Crawford, Erica
  • MacNair, Emily

BC Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Risk and Opportunity Assessment Series: Fraser Valley & Metro Vancouver Snapshot Report

  • Crawford, Erica
  • Macnair, Emily

BC Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Risk and Opportunity Assessment Series: Grain and Oilseed Production Peace Region Snapshot Report

  • Crawford, Erica
  • MacNair, Emily

BC Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Risk and Opportunity Assessment Series: Livestock and Horticulture Crops Vancouver Island Snapshot Report

  • Crawford, Erica
  • MacNair, Emily

BC Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Risk and Opportunity Assessment Series: Wine Grape & Tree Fruit Production Okanagan Region Snapshot Report

  • Crawford, Erica
  • Macnair, Emily

British Columbia's Carbon Tax: Exploring perspectives and seeking common ground

  • Horne, Matt
  • Petrolavlova, Ekaterina
  • Partington, P.J.

Bus Stop Urban Design, MA Thesis

  • Zhang, K.

Climate change and the conservation of BC's leading-edge species at risk [PICS Brief]

  • Starzomski, Brian M.
  • McTaggart-Cowan, Ian

Community Adaptation to Climate Change: Environmental Planners' Knowledge and Experiences in British Columbia, Canada

  • Picketts, Ian M.
  • Curry, John A.
  • Rapaport, Eric

Decision support for the water-energy nexus: examining decision-making in the American West.

  • Conrad, Steven A.

Determining Stocks and Flows of Structural Wood Products in Single Family Homes in the United States between 1950 and 2010

  • Sianchuk, Robert A
  • Ackom, Emmanuel K
  • McFarlane, Paul N

Developing an empirical model for ducted tidal turbine performance using numerical simulation results

  • Shives, Michael Robert
  • Crawford, Curran

Economics of Biological Invasion: Hound’s Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) and Livestock Production in British Columbia, MRM Thesis

  • Widanage, Rupananda

Energy and GHG Emissions in British Columbia

  • Nyboer, John
  • Kniewasser, Maximilian

Energy and GHG Emissions in British Columbia 1990 - 2010: Report Highlights

  • Ny, John
  • Kniewasser, Maximilian

Evanescent Photosynthesis: A New Approach to Sustainable Biofuel Production, MASc Thesis

  • Ooms, Matthew D.

Evanescent photosynthesis: Exciting cyanobacteria in a surface-confined light field

  • Ooms, Matthew D.
  • Sieben, Vincent J.
  • Pierobon, Scott C.
  • Jung, Erica E.
  • Kalontarov, Michael
  • Erickson, David
  • Sinton, David

Fabrication of hollow core carbon spheres with hierarchical nanoarchitecture for ultrahigh electrical charge storage

  • Fang, Baizeng
  • Kim, Jung Ho
  • Kim, Min Sik
  • Bonakdarpour, Arman
  • Lam, Alfred
  • Wilkinson, David P.
  • Yu, Jong Sung

Humming along or buzzing off? The elusive consequences of plant-pollinator mismatches and factors limiting seed set in the Coast Range of British Columbia, MSc Thesis

  • Straka, Jason Ryan

Including non-Western Climate Initiative (WCI) partner offsets: possibilities for a WCI Offset Gateway [PICS Brief]

  • Bumpus, Adam

Integrated Community Sustainability Planning — Implications for Rural British Columbia

  • Chess, Joan

It's Complicated: Exploring Facebook's Potential for Deliberative Public Engagement on Sustainability Policy, MA Thesis

  • Lyons, Susanna Haas

Managing the impact of a tourism-driven increase in greenhouse gas emissions on BC's aviation and tourism sectors [PICS Brief]

  • Schare, Alex

Mitigating Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Review of Scientific Information for Food System Planning

  • Moreau, Tara
  • Moore, Jennie Lynn
  • Mullinix, Kent

Mobilising collaboration with Pando | Sustainable Communities

  • Kristensen, Freya
  • Roseland, Mark

Multi-level Governance and Place-Based Policy-Making for Climate Change Adaptation: The European Experience and Lessons for British Columbia

  • Giest, Sarah
  • Howlett, Michael

Northern Range Limit Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) Outbreak Dynamics and Climate Interactions in Mixed Sub-Boreal Pine Forest of British Columbia, PhD Thesis

  • Hrinkevich, Kathryn H.

Online voltage security assessment considering comfort-constrained demand response control of distributed heat pump systems

  • Wang, Dan
  • Parkinson, Simon C.
  • Miao, W.
  • Jia, H.
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Djilali, Nedjib

Planning for Climate Action in British Columbia, Canada: Putting Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation on Local Government Agendas

  • Moreau, Tara
  • Moore, Jennie Lynn
  • Mullinix, Kent

Planning for climate change adaptation: Lessons learned from a community-based workshop

  • Picketts, Ian M.
  • Werner, Arelia T.
  • Murdock, Trevor Q.
  • Curry, John A.
  • Déry, Stephen J.
  • Dyer, David

Scaling-up Renewable Electricity in BC: Tackling the Institutional and Political Challenges (white paper)

  • Jaccard, Mark
  • Nyober, John
  • Melton, Noel

Spatial modeling for community renewable energy planning: case studies in British Columbia, Canada

  • Schroth, O.
  • Pond, E.
  • Tooke, R.
  • Flanders, David N.
  • Sheppard, Stephen R. J.

The economics of storage, transmission and drought: Integrating variable wind power into spatially separated electricity grids

  • Scorah, Hugh
  • Sopinka, Amy
  • van Kooten, G. Cornelis

The Regulation of District Energy Systems (white paper)

  • Ostergaard, Peter

Two Approaches to Ecosystem-based Management in British Columbia, MRM Thesis

  • Bunsha, Dionne

Using climate models to inform community adaptation in BC [PICS Brief]

  • Picketts, Ian M.
  • Murdock, Trevor Q.

What’s There Not To ‘Like’?

  • Bendor, Roy
  • Lyons, Susanna Haas
  • Robinson, John

Wind integration in self-regulating electric load distributions

  • Parkinson, Simon C.
  • Wang, Dan
  • Crawford, Curran
  • Djilali, Nedjib

2011

An Optofluidic Photobioreactor Strategy for Bioenergy

  • Ooms, Matthew D.
  • Sieben, Vincent J.
  • Erickson, David
  • Sinton, David

Are we planning effectively for climate change? An evaluation of official community plans in British Columbia. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Baynham, Maggie

A Sky-High Challenge: the Carbon Footprint of Aviation in British Columbia, Canada, and Measures To Mitigate It, MA Thesis

  • Schare, Moritz Alexander

Balancing Act: Enabling Public Engagement with Sustainability Issues through a Multi-touch Tabletop Collaborative Game BT - Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2011

  • Antle, Alissa N.
  • Tanenbaum, Joshua G.
  • Bevans, Allen
  • Seaborn, Katie
  • Wang, Sijie

BC's cap and trade design in the Western Climate Initiative [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil

BC’s energy future: Ensuring a comprehensive assessment of Site C Dam [PICS Brief]

  • Shaw, Calyn
  • Shaw, Alison

Behavioral dimensions of climate change: Drivers, responses, barriers, and interventions

  • Gifford, Robert
  • Kormos, Christine
  • McIntyre, Amanda

Climate change adaptation for local government: A resource guide

  • Fraser, Jenny
  • Strand, Matthew

Climate change adaptation in British Columbia communities: lessons for planners

  • Picketts, Ian M.
  • Curry, John A.

Climate Change and Food Security in British Columbia (white paper)

  • Ostry, Aleck
  • Miewald, Cristiana
  • Beveridge, Rachelle

Climate Change Courses in British Columbia Postsecondary Institutions: A Scoping Review

  • Tredger, David

Deploying electric vehicle charging infrastructure in BC (Briefing Note 2011 – 34)

  • Meyboom, AnnaLisa

Direct and indirect impacts of climate change on forests: Three case studies from British Columbia

  • Daniels, Lori D.
  • Maertens, Thomas B.
  • Stan, Amanda B.
  • McCloskey, Shane P.J.
  • Cochrane, Jed D.
  • Gray, Robert W.

Ducted Turbine Blade Optimization Using Numerical Simulation

  • Shives, Michael Robert
  • Crawford, Curran

Expanding the scope of British Columbia's "carbon neutral government" mandate [PICS Brief]

  • Lau, Kim Yang
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

Fostering energy efficiency in BC’s rental housing [PICS Brief]

  • Peyman, Hurrian

Fracking in BC: Integrating climate change issues [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil
  • Shaw, Alison

Harnessing the entrepreneurial power of small business: New strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions [PICS Brief]

  • Burch, Sarah

Hydrodynamic modeling, optimization and performance assessment for ducted and non-ducted tidal turbines, MASc Thesis

  • Shives, Michael Robert

Hydrogeomorphic disturbance, landscape development and riparian vegetation dynamics of an alluvial, temperate rainforest in the Carmanah River valley, British Columbia, Canada, MSc Thesis

  • Little, Patrick James

Influence of hydrometeorological controls on debris flows near Chilliwack, British Columbia. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Sutton, Elizabeth

Is BC’ s ocean energy policy FIT for purpose? [PICS Brief]

  • Salmond, Neil

Lessons from British Columbia's "Carbon Neutral Government" Mandate (white paper)

  • Lau, Kim Yang
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

Lifecycle analysis of GHG intensity in BC’s energy sources [PICS Brief]

  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

Northern range limit mountain pine beetle outbreak dynamics in mixed sub-boreal pine forests of British Columbia

  • Hrinkevich, Kathryn H.
  • Lewis, Kathy J.

Pay-As-You-Drive Vehicle Insurance in British Columbia (white paper)

  • Litman, Todd

Policy instruments for managing the spread of invasive plants in BC [PICS Brief]

  • Widanage, Rupananda

Reconstructing Population Dynamics of Yellow-Cedar in Declining Stands: Baseline Information from Tree Rings

  • Stan, Amanda B.
  • Maertens, Thomas B.
  • Daniels, Lori D.
  • Zeglen, Stefan

The challenges of British Columbia’s “carbon neutral government” mandate [PICS Brief]

  • Lau, Kim Yang
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

The Export Question: Designing Policy for British Columbia Electricity Trade (white paper)

  • Hoberg, George
  • Sopinka, Amy

Towards Utopia: Desiging Tangibles for Learning

  • Antle, Alissa N.
  • Wise, Alyssa F.
  • Nielsen, Kristine

Wester

  • Brian, Maertens Thomas
  • Stan, Amanda B.
  • Wooton, Claire E.
  • Daniels, Lori D.
  • Klinkenberg, Brian
  • Zeglen, Stefan

2010

Assessing the Environmental Practices and Impacts of Intentional Communities: An Ecological Footprint Comparison of an Ecovillage and Cohousing Community in Southwestern British Columbia. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Giratalla, Waleed

Atmospheric alienation , carbon tracking and geo-techno agency

  • Girvan, Anita

BC's Low Carbon Fuel Standard

  • Shaw, Calyn

BC’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard [PICS Brief]

  • Shaw, Calyn

Biofuels and BC’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard [PICS Brief]

  • Shaw, Calyn

Border Carbon Adjustments: The Canadian Context [PICS Brief]

  • Shaw, Calyn

Carbon Market Distortions and Diminishing Environmental Returns: The Clean Development Mechanism and China [PICS Brief]

  • Scolnick, Timothy

Cleantech access to venture capital in British Columbia: Analysis and recommendations (white paper)

  • Germain, Sonia
  • Hasselback, Tristan
  • Gonzalez, Yuri Perez
  • Perez Gonzalez, Yuri

Climate Change Action in Communities: Barriers and Opportunities [PICS Brief]

  • Burch, Sarah

Climate Change Adaptation Expertise and BC Planners [PICS Brief]

  • Picketts, Ian M.

Community Adaptation to climate change: an exploration of climate change adaptation planning in British Columbia. [Thesis] University of Northern British Columbia

  • Picketts, Ian M.

Computational Analysis of Ducted Turbine Performance

  • Shives, Michael Robert
  • Crawford, Curran

Energy Efficiency Retrofits Case Study - Empire State Building [PICS Brief]

  • Peyman, Hurrian

Europe’s green supergrid [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil

Evaluating Energy Efficiency Financing Programs [PICS Brief]

  • Peyman, Hurrian

Evaluating user experience in green buildings in relation to workplace culture and context

  • Brown, Zosia B.
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi
  • Cole, Raymond J.
  • Robinson, John

Evaluation of International Climate Change Architectures using a Computable General Equilibrium Model. [Thesis] Simon Fraser University

  • Lee, Caroline

Favourability map of British Columbia geothermal resources. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Kimball, Sarah

Green Data Centres in a Low Carbon Economy [PICS Brief]

  • Welch, Kristina
  • Tansey, James

Green Policy Review [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil

Integrating a Public Health Perspective into Municipal Climate Change Policies [PICS Brief]

  • Moffatt, Hannah

Local Content Requirements in British Columbia's Wind Power Industry (white paper)

  • Hao, May
  • Mackenzie, Matt
  • Pomerant, Alex
  • Strachran, Kate

Managing Invasive Plants in Rangelands in B.C. under Climate Change: Rationale for Government Intervention [PICS Brief]

  • Widanage, Rupananda

Market stability reserve [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil

Ocean Acidification [PICS Brief]

  • Schallenberg, Christina

Overall efficiency of ducted tidal current turbines

  • Shives, Michael Robert
  • Crawford, Curran

Overcoming Barriers to Residential Energy Efficiency [PICS Brief]

  • Peyman, Hurrian

Oxygen Minimum Zones near the BC Coast [PICS Brief]

  • Schallenberg, Christina

Proposition 23 and its impact on British Columbia [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil

Protecting Aquatic Species from Climate Change Impacts [PICS Brief]

  • Araugo, Andres

Provincial Competition for Clean Technology Investment [PICS Brief]

  • Shaw, Calyn
  • Tansey, James

Reducing GHG Emissions in the Cement Industry [PICS Brief]

  • Shaw, Calyn

Shale Gas and Climate Targets: Can they be Reconciled? [PICS report]

  • Jaccard, Mark
  • Griffin, Brad

Solar Radiation Management Responses to Climate Change [PICS Brief]

  • Parson, Edward A.
  • Sax, Joseph L.

Tax fraud from emissions trading in the European Union [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil

The metacognitions of climate change

  • Scannell, Leila
  • Grouzet, Frederick M.E.

The potential of BC’s waste and by-product hydrogen [PICS Brief]

  • Wilkinson, David P.
  • Shield, Malcolm L.

Transportation sector emissions and reduction measures [PICS Brief]

  • Thomson, Neil

2009

Conceptualizations of justice in climate policy

  • Klinsky, Sonja
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

Electrifying the BC vehicle fleet: Opportunities for plug-in hybrid, extended range & pure electric vehicles (White Paper)

  • Kelly, Liam
  • Williams, Trevor
  • Kerrigan, Brett
  • Crawford, Curran

Feedback and adaptive behaviour in green buildings

  • Brown, Zosia B.
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi
  • Cole, Raymond J.

Influence of occupants' knowledge on comfort expectations and behaviour

  • Brown, Zosia B.
  • Cole, Raymond J.

Occupant comfort and engagement in green buildings : Examining the effects of knowledge, feedback and workplace culture. [Thesis] University of British Columbia

  • Brown, Zosia B.

Opportunities, challenges and markets for forest carbon offset projects

  • Ristea, Catalin
  • Maness, Thomas C.

Re-membering the posthuman within/across sustainability paths

  • Girvan, Anita

2008

A cap and trade system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in BC (White Paper)

  • Olewiler, Nancy

Alternative energy technologies for BC [White Paper]

  • Evans, R.L.

An integrated approach to transportation policy in BC: Assessing greenhouse gas reductions opportunities in freight transportation (white paper)

  • Gouge, Brian
  • Ries, Francis
  • Reynolds, Conor
  • Mazzi, Eric
  • Lim, Clark
  • Dowlatabadi, Hadi

Buildings and climate solutions (White Paper)

  • Woodbury, Robert
  • Bartram, Lyn
  • Cole, Raymond J.
  • Hyde, Rosamund
  • McLeod, Douglas
  • Marques, Davis
  • Mueller, Thomas
  • Vanier, Dana

Carbon sequestration in BC forests and management options [White Paper]

  • Black, T. Andrew
  • Jassal, Rachhpal S.
  • Fredeen, Arthur L.

Climate change adaptation: Planning for BC (White Paper)

  • Harford, Deborah

Climate change and health in British Columbia [White Paper]

  • Ostry, Aleck
  • Ogburn, Malcolm
  • Takaro, Tim
  • Bassil, Kate
  • Allen, Diana M.

Infrastructure and communities: The path to sustainable communities (White Paper)

  • Robinson, John
  • Berkhout, Tom
  • Burch, Sarah
  • Davis, Emily Jane
  • Dusyk, Nichole
  • Shaw, Alison

Natural and civic place attachment and the relation to pro-environmental behaviours in Trail and Nelson, British Columbia [Thesis] University of Victoria

  • Scannell, Leila