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起着至关重要的作用。能源的生产、转换和使用会对环境产生影响，包括大气中温室气体浓度的增加、淡水的消耗和土地利用的干扰。加拿大庞大的能源部门必须处理这些问题。该研究计划的重点是根据成本、生命周期环境影响和资源可获得性确定实现低碳能源系统的途径。虽然在能源生产、转换和使用的技术开发方面进行了**大量的研究，但在系统层面上理解和评估能源与环境之间的关系的研究相对较少。工业研究教席计划旨在通过**发展基于基础科学的模型，在系统层面评估能源生产、转换和使用的技术，以及相关的环境影响。这旨在发展加拿大在能源路径评估领域的基础研究**能力。这项拟议的研究计划是一项及时的倡议。**该计划将培训对加拿大劳动力做出贡献的研究人员，并将帮助**为加拿大减少温室气体排放的努力做出贡献。

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.