Grants and Contributions

Support the development of an Atlantic Offsite Housing Roadmap

Execute Phase 3 of the Off-site Construction Research Centre (OCRC)

Hire expertise to create an AI driven training platform

Establishment of a Cybersecurity Attribution Data Centre

Acquire specialized equipment to expand commercial recycling service offerings

The objective of this project is to purchase kitchen appliances, fish cleaning station, smokehouse, refrigerator, freezer, walk-in fridge, shelving, tables and chairs.

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Semios provides crop management insights as a service for high value tree fruit, vine and nut farms.  Leveraging a proprietary wireless network, machine learning and big data analytics, we help growers manage risks associated with frost, pollination, bloom, disease and harvest.  This project extends this recommendation capability to actionable irrigation control and overlays nutrition for a co-optimized solution.

Most cities have to make difficult decisions about when and how to repair infrastructure. A 2019 satisfaction survey indicated road maintenance was the number one concern for residents. Road maintenance crews are out filling potholes daily. Each year some roads must be completely resurfaced and fully replaced.

IRIS R&D Group Inc. is a privacy-centric smart cities hardware and data platform company. The company offers an end-to-end data collection and data reporting solution to municipalities resulting in work automation, cost efficiencies and higher levels of service – helping municipalities make data driven, evidence-based decisions and interventions.

The Company is continuously developing and commercializing irisGO™, an award winning, AI enabled, plug and play IoT device that significantly facilitates the detection, measurement and reporting of assets and objects of interest for municipalities.

The irisGO™ solution is placed within a municipality’s existing vehicle fleet or static

Buildings account for approximately 50% of total energy use and 40% of total GHG emissions globally.
The building envelope (i.e., the physical interface between the indoor and outdoor environments) is responsible for much of the energy balance that occurs in the building. Of the annual air conditioning heating energy consumption of public buildings, there was about 50% consumed by the heat transfer of the building envelope.
QEA Tech conducts detailed building envelope energy audits using drones and thermography. Our clients can zero in on specific faults in the building envelope to make data-driven retrofit decisions and capital plans. We calculate: i) energy losses and GHG emissions associated with building envelope elements (walls, windows, doors, etc.), ii) remediation/upgrade costs, and iii) projected ROIs of retrofit projects.
Our current project is focused on developing a building decarbonization plan for building envelopes within QEA Tech’s software to augment the current audits completed. QEA Tech aims to further increase our value proposition to customers and lead to greater decarbonization and GHG reductions. This technology initiative will make it easier for clients to obtain internal approvals, carry out repairs and retrofits on the building envelope, and achieve the associated energy and GHG savings. The aim is to make it a seamless process with minimal burden on customer resources to achieve the benefits of building envelope improvements articulated by QEATech.