Works with industry to identify and develop environmentally friendly technologies, processes, programs, systems and services that fundamentally change the way we build, educate and develop skilled labour.
Green Building Technology Access Centre (GBTAC)’s researchers work with a broad range of industry partners and organizations, municipalities, governments, academic institutions, and community groups through SAIT’s Applied Research and Innovation Services Hub. The mission is to prove, implement, and commercialize new building materials, systems, and methods that lead to the construction or retrofit of buildings to be higher-efficiency, lower-emission, healthier, and more environmentally friendly. GBTAC collaborates to de-risk and deliver holistic high-performance building solutions that address environmental, social, and economic realities, while also developing training and support systems to upskill both the residential and commercial construction industries.
GBTAC focuses on:
• Advanced building and material science
• Energy management information systems
• Environmental and architectural ecology
• Affordability and carbon impacts
- Assistance with building products approvals and commercialization
- Concept ideation and design review
- Design services
- Early-stage business development
- Fabrication, prototyping and installation services
- Field trials/simulation
- IP protection facilitation
- Performance monitoring and management
- Project management
- Proof of concept
- Rapid prototyping/3D printing
- Scientific and technological monitoring
- Scientific report writing
- Technology and workflow consultation
- Technology development
- Business development and market research services
- Competitive assessments
- Competitive market analysis
- Clean technology
- Construction (including building, civil engineering, specialty trades)
- Education
- Energy
- Environmental technologies and related services
- Information and communication technologies and media
- Management and business related services
- Manufacturing and processing
- Policy and governance
- Professional and technical services (including legal services, architecture, engineering)
- Utilities
Specialized labs and equipment
| Equipment |
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| ASTM structural compression and racking apparatus |
| Cold climate mechanical system test stations |
| Climate and weathering simulation chamber |
| Flat roof testing plots |
| Electric vehicle charging station |
| Energy management, monitoring and building information management controls |
| High performance commercial building and living lab |
| Water conservation treatment lab |
| Rainwater harvesting infrastructure |
| 10-ton overhead crane |