Mandate:
Finding innovative and sustainable solutions to energy and environment issues.
Vision:
A world where clean technologies, low carbon energy and sustainable food production support resilient economies and communities and where poverty and environmental degradation are eliminated.
Mission:
- To develop and deliver sustainable technology solutions in energy, food, and resource management to businesses, governments, and communities.
- To bridge engineering and scientific research to environmental, industrial, and socioeconomic policy contexts that promote the adoption and effective application of innovation for large scale positive impact.
- To contribute to the industrial, social, and economic renaissance of Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia.
- To contribute to Canadian leadership in clean technology and renewable energy.
- To be a recognized global leader in the development and commercialization of sustainable technology solutions in the university sector.
Areas of expertise
- Renewable energy
- Bioproducts
- Mine water remediation
- Sustainability training
- Environmental remediation
- Applied nano-technology
Specialized services
- Laboratory Services
- Initiation, Planning and Design
- Technology Development and Evaluation
- Technology Accelerator
- Sectors: Mining, Forestry, Fisheries, Agri-food, Oil and Gas, Institutional, Government
Unique equipment
Key Projects, Programs and Initiatives
Performance Monitoring – Mine Waste Rock Piles Active
Performance monitoring of engineered cover systems associated with mine waste rock piles (WRP) used on remediation coal mining sites – includes monitoring wells, soil stations, and weather stations; surface water quality surveys; erosion surveillance; vegetation surveys; and predication surveys. Research encompasses development of tools to predict future performance of WRP’s, along with development of marketable products from sludge iron oxide.
Benefits
- Ensuring long-term performance of engineered covers
- Mitigating performance issues
- Determining influences on micro-climates
- Capacity building
- Potential industrial applications for sludge
Areas of focus
Research program and performance monitoring of mine waste rock pile of remediated Sydney, NS, mining sites.
Partners & Collaborators
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Total project value
Water Treatment Solutions – Applied Nanotechnology Active
Generation of a functionalized nanopaint development platform that will enable the synthesis, evaluation, and developmental optimization of functionalized-nanopaint products as well as offer product-development services.
Benefits
Technology and materials that can significantly enhance the photodegration of organic compounds in wastewater for wastewater treatment applications.
Areas of focus
Development methods to synthesize nanotechnology-based coating products (Nano-paints).
Partners & Collaborators
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Total project value
Institute for Sustainability Training and Industrial Modernization Active
Establishment of a business development unit to deliver environmentally sustainable and clean technology solutions to companies and organization in international markets.
Benefits
- Knowledge transfer
- Promoting responsible choices
- Industrial and corporate sustainability
- Community energy development
Areas of focus
Business development, sustainability training, clean technology solutions initially in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Partners & Collaborators
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Nova Scotia Community College