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AN ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE DALHOUSIE UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES
(2007-04)
This research project is one of many within the Greening the Campus movement; using the campus as a laboratory for creating a model of sustainability within the community. Chemical disposal practices were examined in the ...
Bio-diesel: The New Driving Force Behind Dalhousie’s Maintenance Vehicles
(2007-04)
This project investigates the feasibility of running Dalhousie University’s maintenance vehicles on bio-diesel. This project proposes the use of an on campus bio-diesel refinement facility to convert waste cooking oil ...
Reducing the energy use in Dalhousie residences through infrastructural and behavioral changes
(2007-04)
Dalhousie University is one of the leading institutions of higher learning in
Canada. Over the years, it has taken a leadership role through signing both the Talloires
and Halifax Declarations, committing itself to teach ...
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH INTO THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS OF DALHOUSIE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES AND POSSIBLE CHANGES TO DECREASE THE FACULTY’S IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
(2007-04)
Dalhousie University has an incredible opportunity and responsibility to influence and shape the way its faculty, staff and students choose to live and face the decisions they are confronted with daily. Dalhousie must be ...
Understanding Water Consumption in the Life Sciences Center
(2007-04)
One water meter monitors Dalhousie University’s Life Sciences Centre (LSC) water delivery system, highlighting a lack of understanding of water use. A dual approach experimental model (descriptive & exploratory research) ...
The Average Amount of Solid Food Waste Produced at the Howe Hall Cafeteria and an Investigation of its Causes
(2007-04)
This paper will discuss the average amount of food being produced as waste at Dalhousie’s Howe Hall cafeteria. Included, is the average amount that each the patrons and kitchen are responsible for. In addition, we investigated ...
Feasibility of a Motion-sensor System in the Dalhousie Killam Memorial Library
(2007-04)
Global environmental issues are very prevalent today. Many countries are looking for more sustainable ways to accomplish what it is they want to do. University campuses are also hopping on the bandwagon, or so to speak, ...
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 ...