Grant: Technology Access Centre
Red River College Polytechnic
$350,000.00
Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC)
FY 2021-22
Summary
The Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC) provides building envelope and assembly research,technical services and training to building owners, designers, product suppliers, service providers and trades in coldclimates. The breadth of services and access to specialized technology, expertise and facilities provide flexibility andadd value to an audience that is proactive and seeks efficiency.Over the last four and a half years, the TAC has focused on the originally proposed service portfolios of appliedresearch, technical services and training. The TAC is actively engaged with a variety of organizations and small tomid-size enterprises (SMEs) around the region, with activities in each of the three service categories. Completedover 40 whole building air tightness tests over 22 million sq. ft. of building floor space; identified over 250,000 cubicmeters of equivalent natural gas energy consumption to heat unintended air leakage which translates to 475 tonnesof greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) per year.RRC is requesting the renewal of NSERC CCI's TAC support for another five-year period. Access to RRC'stechnological assets and expertise by industry would have been extremely limited without this support. RRC'scontinual operation of the TAC is critical for sustaining the momentum towards innovation and on-going appliedresearch programs and services.
Program
Technology Access Centre
Recipient
Location
Manitoba, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
468596-2019
Name nom
Potter, Simon
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
102486
Institution établissement
Red River College Polytechnic
Province en
Manitoba
Province fr
Manitoba
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2021
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
350000
Program id
CTAC
Program name en
Technology Access Centre
Program name fr
Centre d'accès à la technologie
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1563
Committee name en
Technology Access Centre Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions d'établissement de centres d'accès à la technologie
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
2006
Research subject group en
Materials science and technology
Research subject group fr
Science et technologie des matériaux
Research subject en
Biomaterials
Research subject fr
Biomatériaux
Installment
inst:3
Partie
1
Nb partie
7
Application title
Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC)
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC) provides building envelope and assembly research,technical services and training to building owners, designers, product suppliers, service providers and trades in coldclimates. The breadth of services and access to specialized technology, expertise and facilities provide flexibility andadd value to an audience that is proactive and seeks efficiency.Over the last four and a half years, the TAC has focused on the originally proposed service portfolios of appliedresearch, technical services and training. The TAC is actively engaged with a variety of organizations and small tomid-size enterprises (SMEs) around the region, with activities in each of the three service categories. Completedover 40 whole building air tightness tests over 22 million sq. ft. of building floor space; identified over 250,000 cubicmeters of equivalent natural gas energy consumption to heat unintended air leakage which translates to 475 tonnesof greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) per year.RRC is requesting the renewal of NSERC CCI's TAC support for another five-year period. Access to RRC'stechnological assets and expertise by industry would have been extremely limited without this support. RRC'scontinual operation of the TAC is critical for sustaining the momentum towards innovation and on-going appliedresearch programs and services.
