Concordia University
Solar Buildings Research Network (SBRN)
To develop the solar-optimized homes and commercial buildings; develop methods to integrate solar collection, storage and utilization systems into the building envelope; develop and improve solar energy utilization technologies; develop design tools; transfer technologies to architects, manufacturers and home builders; help develop government policies and standards
Disciplines: Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Environment Design Engineering; Landscape and Design; Manufacturing Engineering; Materials Engineering; Environment and Resource Studies
Universities: Carleton, Concordia, Dalhousie, École polytechnique, McMaster, Queen’s, Ryerson, Calgary, New Brunswick, Toronto, Waterloo
Public Sector: Alberta Research Council, BOMA Québec, CanSIA, iiSBE, Net-Zero Energy Home Coalition, RAIC
Private Sector: Alouette Homes, Arise Technologies, Conserval Engineering, Enerworks, Advanced Glazings, Photowatt, Matrix Energy, Thermotech, Xantrex, Regulvar, Day4Energy, Somfy, Unicel
Building-integrated systems, solar thermal systems, power generated systems based on solar energy, simulation tools, design tools, policy development tools
Workshops, conferences, newsletters
Director: Andreas K. Athienitis (Concordia)
Other researchers: Stephen J. Harrison (Queen's), Liuchen Chang (New Brunswick), Ian Beausoleil-Morrison (Carleton), Michel Bernier (École polytechnique), Michael R. Collins (Waterloo), Alan Fung (Ryerson), Ted Kesik (Toronto), Nazir P. Kherani (Toronto), Luiz A.C. Lopes (Concordia), James A. Love (Calgary), Julian Meng (New Brunswick), Abdulmajeed A. Mohamad (Calgary), David Naylor (Ryerson), Patrick Oosthuizen (Queen's), Ian H. Rowlands (Waterloo), Ted Stathopoulos (Concordia), Ismet Ugursal (Dalhousie), Mary Anne White (Dalhousie), John L. Wright (Waterloo), Bin Wu (Ryerson), Radu Zmeureannu (Concordia), Stefan Zukotynski (Toronto) Public Sector Network Members: Joseph Ayoub,, NRCan (CETC Varennes); Rob Dumont, Saskatchewan Research Council; Thomas Green, CMHC; Yves Poissant, NRCan (CETC Varennes); Kazimierz Szymocha, Alberta Research Council; LTE Lab Hydro Québec led by MyDung Handfield
External Collaborators: Hugues Rivard, Professor, École de Technologie Supérieure; Lou Stamenic, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Program Head, Applied Research and Development; Mehrzad Tabatabaian, Project Leader, British Columbia Institute of Technology - Photovoltaics Technology Centre
Fields of Research: integration of solar technologies into net zero homes, passive solar buildings, renewable energy systems, solar heating and cooling, building performance, building controls, integration of gird-tied photovoltaic systems in buildings, demand side management issues, thermal storage…
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IEA Power Systems Program, Option de mesurage net vous permet d'injecter vos surplus de production d'électricité dans le réseau d'Hydro-Québec, Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc., Canadian Solar Industries Association, Solar Nova Scotia, International Solar Energy Society, American Solar Energy Society, Ecocity Group, Solar Thermal, IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Program, Solar buildings web links, Build Green Canada
Contact information
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. #EV #6.139
Montréal, Quebec H3G 1M8
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. #EV #6.139
Montréal, Quebec H3G 1M8
athiena@alcor.concordia.ca (Andreas K. Athienitis)
