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The Energy Transformation Innovation research group at the University of New Brunswick, in partnership with Siemens Canada and NB Power, is looking at solutions that electrical utilities need and the new business models that will allow them to survive and thrive.
The ways in which we consume and generate power are changing; new and innovative solutions are needed. Electrical utilities are looking for new energy technologies, high-efficiency and low-emissions answers that have a much better understanding of the consumers’ needs and wants.
We see an energy-driven future that has human-centered designed products and services that create an environmentally friendly world — with a very low carbon footprint.
New solutions need to be developed in the energy sector as its landscape transforms and changes. The Energy Transformation Innovation research group is working on recognizing a different type of energy consumer in order to adapt and personalize consumer power relationships. It is important that communities from science, engineering, business, governments, media and end-users come together in a collaborative way to meet the significant energy challenges of the future.
The way we live our lives isn’t the same as it was 50 years ago. We need to be prepared to accommodate changes such as the development of smart cities, smart grid, micro-grids, smart homes and smart communities.
Dr. Dhirendra Shukla, PEng.
Professor & chair
Dr. J. Herbert Smith/ACOA
Technology Management & Entrepreneurship Program
University of New Brunswick
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Fredericton, N.B. Canada
E3B 5A3