Tag Archives: transportation

All-Electric BC Transport

October 30, 2019 | UVic News

“If all vehicles in British Columbia were powered by electricity instead of liquid fuels by 2055, BC would need to more than double its electricity generation capacity to meet forecasted energy demand—and the move could prove surprisingly cost-effective.

The finding comes from a team of University of Victoria researchers with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), and will be published in the November issue of Applied Energy.”

The Applied Energy article co-author, Curran Crawford, also has several of his open access papers in UVicSpace.

Are you looking for more open access works along the same line as Crawford’s work? UVicSpace allows you to search by subject! Visit our home page and select the right hand ‘Browse’ menu then select the ‘Subjects’ option. To get you started try typing in the following search terms to the ‘Browsing by Subject’ search :

  • renewable energy
  • renewable integration
  • electricity markets
  • wind energy

UVicSpace is an open access learning and research repository for published and unpublished digital scholarly works by the UVic community and its partners.

Concrete improvements

June 30, 2019 | UVic News & EdgeWise

‘What if concrete could actually heal itself? It’s not so far-fetched. UVic engineer Rishi Gupta, who is Harsh Rathod’s PhD supervisor and HRG’s co-founder and chief technology officer, has been working on “smart concrete” research for nearly a decade. Using various fibre additives and crystalline waterproofing admixtures, his lab is working on concrete mixtures designed to be more resistant to cracking and to self-seal when cracks appear.’

Visit the University of Victoria’s open access learning and research repository UVicSpace to read open access content published by both Harsh Rathod & Rishi Gupta.

Curious about how many people have accessed the article that you’re reading in UVicSpace? Click on the ‘View Beta Statistics’ located on the right hand side of each abstract page to explore (example below).

image of UVicSpace repository screenshot, stats page - November 2019 - access online at https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/10959

UVicSpace repository screenshot (stats) – University of Victoria

image of UVicSpace repository screenshot abstract page - November 2019 - access online at https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/10959

UVicSpace repository screenshot (abstract)- University of Victoria

Creating a Sustainable Future Through Clean Energy

July 8, 2019 | UVic News

The UVic Copyright and Scholarly Communications office would like to congratulate Dr. Zuomin Dong on his recent UVicNews article that highlights his important work …

‘Dong’s research, which will reduce the environmental impact and costs of marine traffic, is funded in part by a million-dollar donation by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, in conjunction with Seaspan. That funding supports the team’s [UVic’s Clean Transportation Research Team] development of the enabling technology and integrated modelling tools to transition marine vessels to optimized hybrid natural-gas / electric and pure electric propulsion systems.’

We invite you to visit UVic’s institutional repository, UVicSpace to view his open access papers.

Congratulations to Dr. Dong and UVic’s Clean Transportation Research Team!