Archive for October, 2007

UW Centre for Environment and Business created

Published at October 9, 2007 in Academic and GHGm. 0 Comments

Dr. Steven B. Young, GHGm President, has been appointed as the first Director of the “Centre for Environment & Business” at the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environmental Studies.

Dr. Young has been teaching in the Faculty since 1999 and was appointed Associate Professor earlier this year. He will be responsible for adding students, new courses, novel research directions, and new faculty over the coming years.

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Biofuels and agricultural assessment leadership

Published at October 1, 2007 in Clean Technology, Agriculture, Energy, Life cycle assessment (LCA), GHG measurement, Carbon credits and GHGm. 0 Comments

Dr. Goretty Dias, GHGm Senior Scientist, will be leading GHGm’s on-going efforts in biofuels, agriculture and related biomass analyses, the company announced today.

With more than half a dozen biomass life cycle assessment project studies completed, Dr. Dias is a world class expert in the area. Examining the intricacies of by-products allocations and interplay of multiple environmental parameters has become a specialty. Dr. Dias is particularly concerned about the fuel-food tradeoff, and emphasizes the need for a better understanding Continue reading ‘Biofuels and agricultural assessment leadership’