NSERC Research Grants: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

NEEB Engineering is a Guelph, Ontario based consulting firm in the building construction industry providing sustainable engineering design services and development of innovative technology solutions in water conservation and management. NEEB Engineering specializes in rainwater harvesting system (RHW) design, construction and maintenance, and focuses on developing clean technologies to address domestic and global water conservation, security and supply challenges.NEEB Engineering has developed a rainwater harvesting system (RWH) to address the growing challenge of water scarcity and to satisfy the growing trend for sustainable technologies in the building construction sector. Before the RWH can be sold commercially, NEEB Engineering needs to complete the development of an accessory eavestrough leaf guard product intended to provide pre- storage filtration of rainwater prior to entering a rainwater harvesting storage tank. The leaf guard is an important component of the RWH technology in ensuring optimum water quality when distributed in buildings for toilet, laundry, manufacturing processes. This grant will help NEEB Engineering determine how to optimize the water capture and drainage capability of the leaf guard by means of computer modelling.