Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Energy"
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Architecture for New Energy Futures: Community and Infrastructure in a Post-Coal World
(2023-07-20)For the past 300 years, the coal mining industry has fundamentally shaped the landscapes and communities of Cape Breton, which hosts the majority of Nova Scotia’s fossil fuel infrastructure. This thesis mobilizes Cape ... -
DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF PATHWAYS TO NEW CONSTRUCTION NET-ZERO ENERGY HOUSES IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2019-04-11)17% of Canadian secondary energy consumption is consumed by the residential sector. Efforts to reduce this energy consumption and the associated emissions include the replacement of traditional housing with net-zero energy ... -
Ecological Modernization and Canada's Energy Debate: Reconciling Economic, Environmental, and Political Agendas?
(2019-05-01)Like many modern industrialized nations, Canada is grappling with the need to maintain a stable, growing economy and to take meaningful action on climate change by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is particularly ... -
IDENTIFYING AND OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY POWER IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2012-09-13)Community power is an alternative to the fossil-fuelled, centralized approach to electricity generation. Typically, community power involves low-carbon or renewable forms of electricity generation developed in relatively ... -
Infrastructural Landscapes: Integrating Renewable Energy with Landscape and Community in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
(2018-07-31)The Bay of Fundy is home to the highest tides in the world and among the strongest currents. The Minas Passage is a narrow body of water in the upper Bay of Fundy with a 13-metre tidal range and water speeds of 7-8 knots, ... -
Nova Scotia Layer Industry: Energy Use and Innovation Through LED Lighting
(2013-08-26)This thesis aimed to identify the energy use within the Nova Scotia Layer Industry, through auditing and evaluating layer farms. Using the data collected, energy benchmarks were determined; providing a guide for achieving ... -
OPTIMIZING PROCESSING AND SYNTHESIS OF PRUSSIAN BLUE ANALOGS FOR SODIUM-ION BATTERIES
(2024-09-04)Electric vehicles and energy storage systems are major drivers in the quest to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable future. However, the incumbent lithium-ion battery technology that they rely on, might be a ... -
Production and Utilization of SRC Willow Biomass in Nova Scotia
(2022-05-02)Short rotation coppice (SRC) is a promising alternative to forestry. Within Nova Scotia and across Canada, the biomass industry is heavily focused on forestry products for biomass energy generation but is significantly ... -
Understanding the Magnesiothermic Reduction to Form Porous Silicon Nanoparticles for Stoichiometric Reactions
(2023-08-29)Porous Si NPs have been explored in applications such as optics, sensing, gas storage, drug delivery, high-capacity anode material, photocatalysts for H2 evolution and for the reduction of CO2. The pore network of porous ...