Sustainable Development Goal 7
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Learn how UVic advanced SDG 7 during 2023
On this page you can get a glimpse of the great work done by the campus community to advance SDG 7 during 2023, centred around the key areas of the university:
Education & student experience
SDG 7 in action at Co-op
Co-op and Career Services offers placements locally and abroad, where students have the opportunity to participate in projects that advance affordable and clean energy.
New housing & dining
UVic opened a new student housing complex, designed and built with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V4 Gold and Passive House standards.
Green building design course
The covers concepts related to sustainable design and construction (green roofing, water efficiency, LEED certification, Life Cycle Analysis, etc).
Campus as a Living Lab
Campus as a Living Lab will be a university-wide program that uses the campus and surrounding areas as places to engage with, trial and advance real-world climate and sustainability solutions.
Research
FACULTY MEMBERS PUBLISHED ON SDG 7
Scopus/Elsevier 2019-23JOURNAL ARTICLES ON SDG 7
Scopus/Elsevier 2019-23CITATIONS OF SDG 7 RESEARCH
Scopus/Elsevier 2019-23
Expertise in energy transitions
Curran Crawford, director of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, is joining forces to bridge the gap in clean energy transitions for communities.
Accelerating community energy transformation
Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) is a UVic led project moving Canada closer to a net-zero future by supporting local, place-based clean energy transitions, one community at a time.
IESVic projects
The Institute for Integrated Energy Systems develops cost-effective, socially acceptable, and feasible pathways to sustainable energy through new technologies, processes and systems.
PICS Energy projects
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions funded the research project , which laid out pathways for resilient and carbon-free electricity in British Columbia.
Community & campus operations
Total energy used in the university
(Gigajoules)From low carbon sources
Energy usage per square meters
(Gigajoules)
Green buildings & grounds
UVic is committed to progressive green building technologies and design, and accountability in building maintenance and performance that meeting the needs of the campus community, LEED Gold and Passive House standards.
Climate change report
The Climate Change Accountability Report 2023, summarizes UVic’s emissions profile, showing a 34 percent reduction below the 2010 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baseline.
Boosting the Campus Cycling Plan
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, announced .
New Electric heating
Julie Dabrusin, parliamentary secretary for the ministers of Environment and Climate Change Canada, launched at UVic the $2.4-million investment from the Low Carbon Economy Fund.
Policy & policy-making
Energy policy
UVic purchases 100% of clean hydroelectric resources, and has the commitment to keep tracking and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) resulting from buildings and fleet vehicles.
Responsible investment
The Responsible Investment Report 2023 provides a comprehensive overview of UVic’s ongoing efforts and progress in achieving our responsible investment commitments and its implications for our endowment portfolio.
The power of waves
is helping bring the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation back home to the remote ancestral village though the harnessing of ocean waves.
Municipal clean energy solutions
Through the project , the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions developed a tool to identify the most efficient ways to reduce carbon emissions for local governments.
Events