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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

Uvic's Cooperative Education and Careers program logo next to the United Nations Sustainable Development Wheel logo

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.

Photo of the new housing building at UVic, the Cheko’nien House

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.

Photo of the interior of UVic's new housing building, Cheko’nien House, with glass walls and wooden ceiling, showing two students interacting

Green building design course

The Green Building Design course 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

124

FACULTY MEMBERS PUBLISHED ON SDG 7

Scopus/Elsevier 2019-23
420

JOURNAL ARTICLES ON SDG 7

Scopus/Elsevier 2019-23
10,492

CITATIONS OF SDG 7 RESEARCH

Scopus/Elsevier 2019-23
Profile photo of Dr. Curran Crawford

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.

Digital art depicting  green technologies related to sustainable energy and oceans

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.

Text logo of UVic's Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, IESVIC

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 Decarbonization of B.C.’s Energy System, which laid out pathways for resilient and carbon-free electricity in British Columbia.

Community & campus operations

395,734 GJ

Total energy used in the university

(Gigajoules)
53 %

From low carbon sources

.97 GJ

Energy usage per square meters

(Gigajoules)
Aerial photo of the David Turpin Building's green roof at UVic

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.

Front page of the 2022 Public Sector Organization Climate Change Accountability Report, University of Victoria., with an image of a cyclist riding on the new bike path on campus

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.

The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for North with Kevin Hall and Kristy Simpson

Boosting the Campus Cycling Plan

The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, announced a federal investment to improve active transportation at UVic.

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

Photo of UVic's energy plant

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 Report 2022-2023

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.

aerial view of coastline in Tofino with the text "Pacific Regional Institute for Energy Discovery

The power of waves

The Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery 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 Delivering Effective Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Solutions for Municipalities, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions developed a tool to identify the most efficient ways to reduce carbon emissions for local governments.

Events