Cruise ships are small floating cities which produce substantial amounts of waste. There is little regulatory control over how this waste is disposed, which can lead to significant impacts in environmentally sensitive areas.
Geoff McD. Lewis
Position:
Research Fellow
Research Associate
Email:
g4lewis@uwaterloo.ca
Degrees:
Ph.D. Landscape Architecture and Architecture, University of Michigan, '06
M.S. Architecture, University of Michigan '01
M.S. Natural Resources, University of Michigan, '94
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, '83
Projects:
- Alcoa Foundation's Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program: Enabling Technology for a Sustainable Energy Future through Interdisciplinary Research and Training
- Cleaner Products through Life Cycle Design (Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaics)
- Life Cycle Analysis of a Generic Vehicle
- Life Cycle Design of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
Publications:
- Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Modules: A Life Cycle Design Case Study
- Application of Life Cycle Energy Analysis to Photovoltaic Module Design
- CSS Factsheets, Photovoltaic Energy
- CSS Factsheets, Wind Energy
- Estimating the value of wind energy using electricity locational marginal price
- High value wind - a method to explore the relationship between wind speed and electricity locational marginal price
- LCI Modeling Challenges and Solutions for a Complex Product System: A Mid-Sized Automobile
- Life Cycle Design of Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Modules
- Modeling the life cycle energy and environmental performance of amorphous silicon BIPV roofing in the US
- PV-BIDPAT: An Evaluation and Design Tool for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Installations
- PV-BILD: A Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Installations