NSERC/Cenovus/Alberta Innovates Associate Industrial Research Chair in Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering

加拿大是一个主要的能源生产国，其能源部门在其经济中发挥着至关重要的作用。的 能源的生产、转换和使用会对环境产生影响，包括增加大气中 温室气体浓度、淡水消耗和土地使用干扰。加拿大能源 行业必须解决这些问题。该研究计划的重点是确定低碳途径 基于成本、生命周期环境影响和资源可用性的能源系统。虽然已经 对能源生产、转换和使用技术的发展进行了大量研究， 相对而言，在系统水平上所做的工作很少，以了解和评估能源之间的关系， 和环境保护工业研究主席计划旨在评估能源技术 系统层面的生产、转换和使用，沿着相关的环境影响， 建立以科学为基础的模型。这旨在发展加拿大的基础研究 在能源途径评估领域的能力。这项研究计划是一项及时的举措。 该计划将培训研究人员谁将有助于加拿大的劳动力，并将有助于促进 加拿大致力于减少温室气体排放。

Canada is a leading energy-producing country, and its energy sector plays a critical role in its economy. The production, conversion, and use of energy has environmental impacts including increases in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, fresh water consumption, and land use disturbances. Canada's large energy sector must deal with these issues. The focus of the research program is to identify pathways to low carbon energy systems based on cost, life cycle environmental impacts, and resource availability. While there has been considerable research on the development of technologies for the production, conversion, and use of energy, relatively little has been done at the systems level to understand and evaluate the relationship between energy and the environment. The Industrial Research Chair program is aimed at assessing technologies of energy production, conversion, and use at the systems level, along with associated environmental impacts through development of fundamental science based models. This aims at developing Canada's fundamental research capacity in the area of assessment of energy pathways. This proposed research program is a timely initiative. The program will train researchers who would contribute to Canadian workforce and will help in contributing towards Canada's effort in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.