Dr. Nathan Ayer

Instructor

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Email: nayer@dal.ca
Research Topics:
  • Life-Cycle Assessment
  • Forestry
  • Consulting
  • Energy Systems

Dr. Ayer's primary research interests are rooted in exploring the role of technology in resolving sustainability issues. In particular, he is interested in understanding the environmental trade-offs of emerging green technologies, identifying the barriers and required policy interventions to bring green technologies to scale, and working with companies across many industrial sectors to quantify and improve their environmental performance.

Courses

SUST 1001: A Sustainable Future

SUST 3000: Environmental Decision-Making

SUST 4951: Life Cycle Assessment for Stainability: Theory and Practice

ENVI 5031: Ecological Economics

ECON 5517: Environmental Economics

ENVI 5050: Special Topics – Life Cycle Assessment