Grant: Technology Access Centre

The Green Building Technologies Access Centre (GBTAC) at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary provides applied research and technical services to private sector partners and others in the building and energy products and services industry in southern Alberta and western Canada This Centre was established in 2014, building on SAITs established capacity in green building technologies (GBT) including expertise, facilities, industry engagement, and research competence amassed since the GBT initiative was launched here in 2008 SAIT continues to be an ideal location for the GBT Access Centre The construction sector accounts for nearly 12 per cent of Alberta's $306 7 billion gross domestic product, with the building product and services industry contributing $9 billion of this prosperity The vast majority of companies in this industry are small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 50 employees Renewing the GBTAC for another five years will continue to help strengthen the capacity of the regional innovation system by facilitating SME access to leveraged funding, and provide partner SMEs, industry associations, governments and non-governmental organizations with a local, accessible solution to innovation needs tied to the growing green building market Partners benefit from significant R&D infrastructure at the new GBT Lab and Demonstration Centre and in the other state-of-the-art labs in SAITs Applied Research and Innovation Services