This page was developed by the Queen's University Applied Sustainability Research Group.

Completed Projects[edit]

This category lists completed projects for the Queens Applied Sustainability Group. Following the individual links leads to a summary of the project and key findings, related literature reviews, protocols, and an open access version of the paper published in a peer reviewed journal.

Queen's Applied Technology Research Group Completed Projects and Publications

Progress in indium gallium nitride materials for solar photovoltaics  Renewable energy policy in the north   Technical feasibility of renewable electricity generation in Nunavut   An open source simulation of photovoltaic yield with r.sun over large regions   Analytical Model for the Optical Functions of Indium Gallium Nitride with Application to Thin Film Solar Photovoltaic Cells   Barriers to Appropriate Technology Growth in Sustainable Development   Diverting indirect subsidies from the nuclear to the photovoltaic industry: Energy and financial returns   Effects of Substrate Temperature on Indium Gallium Nitride Nanocolumn Crystal Growth   Energy cannibalism   Estimating the rooftop PV potential of a large-scale geographical region   Government support of photovoltaic manufacturing   Greenhouse waste heat exchange   Industrial symbiosis in glass and solar photovoltaic manufacturing   Industrial symbiosis in photovoltaic manufacturing   Solar photovoltaics in Aboriginal communities   Mapping for open source industrial symbiosis   Open source 3-D printing of OSAT   Peer to peer finance mechanisms to support renewable energy growth   Producer responsibility and recycling solar photovoltaic modules   Renewable powered desalination for remote rural communities in Vietnam's coastal Mekong delta   Review of solar levelized cost   Small-scale arsenic-contaminated water purification technologies in Pakistan   Using smart phones to improve building energy efficiency   Open solar photovoltaic systems optimization   Decreasing turbidity to optimize solar water disinfection‎   Parametric empirical determination of PV short circuit current   Effects of low concentration planer concentrators on array-scale solar photovoltaic systems performance   Prediction of energy effects on photovoltaic systems due to snowfall events   Effects of snow and grass spectral albedo on silicon solar cell performance   Effects of hydrodynamic surface coatings on snow shedding for PV modules   Effects of snow on photovoltaic performance   Community Voices: Perspectives on Renewable Energy in Nunavut   Hybrid photovoltaic-trigeneration systems   RecycleBots for distributed plastic recycling