Professor Bill Vanderburg
W. H. Vanderburg, Associate Professor, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng.
ph 416-978-2924, fx 416-978-6813, e-mail bill.vanderburg@utoronto.ca
The study of technology, society, biosphere interactions and its application to the development of preventive approaches for the engineering, management and regulation of modern technology. Examples include: pollution prevention, industrial ecology, design of environment, energy demand management, healthy workplace design, and healthy sustainable city concepts. These methods take a proactive approach to dealing with social and environmental consequences of technology, which is typically more cost-effective while reducing burdens imposed on society and the environment.
