Visualizing parallels between carbon capture and extreme weather events

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is a critical pathway toward net-zero emissions for urban centres like Burnaby. This collaborative project addresses urban climate resilience through technological innovation and applied climate science:

deploying novel carbon capture technologies in hard-to-decarbonize municipal buildings,
integrating advanced machine learning and simulation techniques to predict carbon capture efficiency, and
justifying the need for carbon capture based on frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events such as atmospheric rivers, an increasingly detrimental phenomena in British Columbia

Project Status: Active

Funding Support: 51社区黑料Climate Innovation Seed Funds (2025): Pollinator Award

Project Leads: Lorenzo Yao-Bate Graduate Student, SFU's Sustainable Engineering

Co-creation Partners

Sami Khan, Assistant Professor, Sustianable Engineering
Mengxin Pan, Assistant Professor, Geography
Civic Innovation Lab
City of Burnaby

Expected Outcomes

Tthe project will generate both a theoretical and practical demonstration of urban carbon capture in action. Integrating these with forecasts of building-level emission data will also help the city identify compounding risks between climate extremes and energy loads in hard-to-decarbonize buildings.

The demonstration of a building-integrated carbon capture system, based on electrochemical alkalinity generation and gas-liquid contactors, will show a practical pathway to significantly cut emissions from existing infrastructure. The use of earth-abundant, petrochemical-free materials makes the process cost-effective and environmentally sustainable.

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Visualizing parallels between carbon capture and extreme weather events

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