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Greening Dalhousie’s Built Environment
(2010-04)The ‘Greening the Campus’ movement aims to address sustainability and environmental awareness and action on campus. This project is directed at assessing the Life Sciences Centre building at Dalhousie University for ... -
Greening New Heights – A Feasibility Analysis of a Green Roof on the Life Sciences Center
(2009-04)The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a feasibility analysis on implementing a green roof on the Life Sciences Centre (LSC) at Dalhousie University. The different types of green roofs, intensive and extensive, ... -
THE GREENING OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MITIGATING THE RISKS OF STORMWATER ON STUDLEY CAMPUS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF GREEN ROOFS
(2015-04)Our project goal was to address the current issues with stormwater management on Studley Campus and apply a sustainable solution to mitigate the associated environmental damages. By reducing the amount of water on campus ... -
Greening the Dal Science Commons
(2005-04)Dalhousie University has had a history of substandard air quality and occupant discomfort in the Life Sciences Center, which has prompted the investigation of implementing green design technologies into the proposed Dalhousie ... -
Greening the Rowe Roof: A Feasibility Analysis
(2006-04)In light of the growing academic interest in using full cost accounting in feasibility analyses to aid decision-makers, this report sets out to critically examine the feasibility of installing the proposed green roof ... -
Groundwater Quality in Nova Scotia
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Habitat characteristics associated with redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana) in Nova Scotia
(2016-04)Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana Lam.) is a member of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora (ACPF), a group of taxonomically unrelated plants occupying similar habitat types along the eastern coast of North America. These species ... -
Halifax Residential Air Quality: Public Perceptions and PM2.5 Concentrations
(2024-04)Residents of Halifax's North End have raised concerns over air quality in their neighbourhood. Exposure to elevated levels of airborne particulate matter pose serious risks to human health and increases strain on local ... -
Heavy Mineral Provenance Studies on the Wallace River Formation of the Pictou Group between Tatamagouche and River John, Nova Scotia
(1980-03-15)Heavy mineral provenance studies were conducted on sandstones of the Wallace River Formation (Pictou Group) over an area of roughly 200 km2. As well, three major heavy mineral provinces were established. The strata cropping ... -
Hidden Cretaceous basins in Nova Scotia
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Higher Learning - Greening the Kenneth Rowe Roof
(2007-04)The Kenneth C. Rowe building on the Dalhousie University campus was designed to support a greenroof. The greenroof was never installed due to a lack of funding. Higher Learning is a group of Environmental Science students ... -
The Highway 101 Landfill - what have we learned?
(1996-04-15)The Highway 101 Landfill between Upper Sackville and Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia has been in operation since 1977. Hydrochemical tests were routinely collected on 63 monitoring wells located at various depths in and around ... -
Holocene History of Kings and Hartling Bays, Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia
(1978-03-15)Kings and Hartling Bays are typical of many exposed inlets with bayhead beaches which are prevalent along the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia. The present morphology of these two bays is a result of Pleistocene glaciation ... -
Holocene Relative Sea-Level Change in Nova Scotia
(1993-03-15)Core samples collected around Atlantic Canada, specifically from the West Head salt marsh, Chezzetcook Inlet, enable temporal and spatial examination of benthic foraminiferal assemblages. Benthic foraminiferal zonations, ... -
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How moderate agriculture affects the food web of macroinvertebrates in fresh water streams in Kings County,Nova Scotia
(2011-03)Moderate agriculture changes physical and chemical factors in streams resulting in a fertilizing effect by increasing available nutrients to macroinvertebrates through increased detritus breakdown and algal growth (Karr & ...