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Updated July 23, 2013

FROM "GREEN" BUILDINGS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY: RYERSON EXPERTS DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENT

HOUSING/URBAN PLANNING

Sustainable urban developments
Energy efficient buildings
Recycling and reusing construction materials
Design for urban architecture
Mark Gorgolewski
Professor
Department of Architectural Science
Director
Graduate Program in Building Science
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6494
mgorgo@ryerson.ca

Energy efficient buildings
Environmentally friendly renovation techniques
Russell C. Richman
Assistant Professor
Department of Architectural Science
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6489
richman@ryerson.ca

Sustainable housing systems
Colin Ripley
Associate Professor
Department of Architectural Science
Director,
Graduate Program, Master of Architecture
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6507
cripley@ryerson.ca
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History and design of "green" buildings 
Cheryl Atkinson
Assistant Professor
Department of Architectural Science
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7962
catkinson@ryerson.ca

Sustainable urban planning
Landscapes and ecological design
Edible landscapes and food systems
Urban parks and waterfronts
Nina-Marie Lister
Associate Professor
School of Urban and Regional Planning
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6769
nm.lister@ryerson.ca

ENERGY

Renewable energy (i.e. solar power)
Net zero energy homes - houses that generate as much energy as they use
Appliance standby power consumption in residences
Alan Fung
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Leading member of the Sustainable Urbanism Initiative (www.sui-toronto.com) -- a team comprised of Ryerson students, faculty and industry partners
Office: 416-979-5000 x 4917
alanfung@ryerson.ca

Wind power
Paul Walsh
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7729
paul.walsh@ryerson.ca

Bioethanol fuels
Grace Luk
Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Civil Engineering
Program Director
Graduate Program in Civil Engineering
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6473
gluk@ryerson.ca

MARKETING/TOURISM

Green marketing
Hersch Jacobs
Professor
Department of Geography
Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6155
hjacobs@ryerson.ca

Sustainable tourism
Rachel Dodds
Assistant Professor
Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7227/Alt: 416-825-7228
r2dodds@ryerson.ca

Ecotourism
Environmental management in tourism industry
Sustainable mass tourism
Sonya Graci
Assistant Professor
Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6696
sgraci@ryerson.ca

CONTACT:

Suelan Toye
Public Affairs
Ryerson University
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7161
stoye@ryerson.ca