Friday, January 30, 2026
2:00pm-3:00pm
Mechanical Engineering Building, MC102
5 King's College Road
Interested members of the U of T community who would like to attend the seminars can email Kendra Hunter at hunter@mie.utoronto.ca
Professor Marc Rosen 
Ontario Tech University
Energy Sustainability: A Key Pathway to Sustainable Development
Abstract
Sustainable development is an important goal for human and societal activity. Energy sustainability is of great importance to any activities and plans for overall sustainable development, and the achievement of sustainability. This is particularly important given 1) the pervasiveness of energy use throughout almost all aspects of societies and the lives of people, 2) the importance of energy in economic development of societies and the living standards attained by people, and 3) the significant impacts that energy processes and systems have on the environment and the ecosystems within them.
Many factors that need to be considered and appropriately addressed in moving or shifting towards energy sustainability are examined in this talk. These include appropriate selection of energy resources bearing in mind sustainability criteria, facilitation of the use of sustainable energy resources particularly through the use of appropriate energy carriers, enhancement of the efficiency of energy-related processes, and a holistic adoption of environmental stewardship in energy activities.
In addition, other key sustainability measures are addressed, such as economics, equity, land use, lifestyle, sociopolitical factors and population, and examples of energy sustainability measures are described.
Conclusions are provided related both on options for energy sustainability and on means to achieve sustainable development and overall sustainability.
Biography
TBD
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