Grants and Contributions

This Project is to develop practical methods related to the application of OpenBIM to facilitate the creation of a BIM- based model to be used to validate and verify the life cycle cost and environmental impacts modeling and to map the bill-of-work data with relevant inventory datasets at the different stages of building projects’ life cycle and to generate robust life cycle costs and analysis (LCC/LCCA) results to be used for sustainability purposes. This Project’s output will be important to establish the NRC OpenBIM-LCA-LCC web application and performance of benchmarks’ guideline, methodology and proof of concept for the bill of works and their associated costs for Canadian building archetypes. Developing the model will provide a method for statistical- derived benchmarks as an approach that maximizes flexibility, applicability, transparency, and robustness to ensure claims’ validation to superior LCA and LCC performance over business-as-usual design, construction, use, and end-of-life practices.

Field peas represent a staple food protein crop for human nutrition with high global demand. The quality of the protein found in peas is defined by the balance of indispensable (essential) amino acids that comprise the main storage proteins, as well as the overall digestibility of the protein. Many factors are known to impact the protein quality of peas, both positively and negatively, including varietal differences, environmental factors, and processing conditions. Of relevance to the current project are key environmental factors during plant growth, including precipitation, temperature, and ambient atmospheric CO2 concentrations. These factors are of increasing importance in the face of climate change. The primary objective of the project therefore to study the impact of controlled changes in temperature, moisture and CO2 concentrations during the growing cycle of a select modern and commercially relevant pea cultivar, with particular emphasis on protein quality attributes, including amino acid composition, digestibility and select anti-nutritive factors.

Hydrogen Optimized and SDTC announce the funding of the “Green Hydrogen At Scale” Project which will demonstrate novel disruptive technology that integrates High Current Rectifiers with high current water electrolyzers to achieve a target cost of green hydrogen of $US 1/kg. Achieving this cost target should enable many 100s of Mega tonnes CO2 reduction.

“Hydrogen Optimized’s RuggedCell water electrolysis technology is poised to revolutionize the economics of green hydrogen production using renewable electricity”, said Andrew T.B. Stuart President and CEO of Hydrogen Optimized. “Economic green hydrogen production will enable renewable energy to be utilized in transportation, industrial, utility, and chemical applications which currently require fossil energy.”

This project will demonstrate the cost-effective high current hydrogen production process so that the technology may be immediately commercialized at 100’s of MW’s in capacity. A global commercialization strategy will be implemented with Hydrogen Optimized's project partner ABB.

GHGSat is a private company on a mission to become the global reference for remote sensing of greenhouse gas (GHG), air quality gas, and other trace gas emissions from any source in the world.

The food & beverage sector is a major contributor to global GHG emissions, with over a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions generated by food systems. Implementing an Energy Management Information System (EMIS) is key for industry to understand and optimize energy consumption.

Development and deployment of advanced analytics and machine learning EMIS modules will ensure energy consumption of is full optimized, losses are avoided, and carbon emissions are minimized.

The overall purpose of the Aquatic Invasive Species Program is to minimize introduction of aquatic invasive species and minimize risk of consequences from them.

Participate in NASA’s Human Research Program largest research effort to pursue the first integrated data analysis from 71 astronauts collected over 12 years.
Assess metabolomic biomarkers in blood and urine to identify metabolic signatures linked to long-duration spaceflight.
Using artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches, link metabolomic profiles to individual physiological, environmental, dietary, medical, and exercise data to gain insights into sex-specific adaptative mechanisms, pathogenic pathways, and risk factors of spaceflight.

Using the NIRSpec instrument on the JWST, this project will be monitoring the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76b as it completes a full orbit around its host star to paint an accurate picture of the atmosphere's chemical composition. Ultra-hot Jupiters like WASP-76b feature extreme temperature differences between their permanent day and night sides, which makes the interpretation of observations more complicated. To address this, the planet's full 3D temperature structure and cloud cover will be measured. This will provide a detailed understanding of WASP-76b's atmospheric chemistry and its formation history – ultimately shedding light on the question why ultra-hot Jupiters exist at all.

Pre-Engagement on the Canada Water Act

This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the Fund for responding to loss and damage (FRLD). The FRLD uses these funds and other donors’ funding to provide financial assistance to developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. This includes addressing both economic and non-economic losses caused by extreme weather events and slow-onset events, such as sea-level rise and desertification. The FRLD operates under the guidance of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Project activities of this project include: (1) providing financial assistance to developing countries to help them respond to climate-related emergencies, intermediate or long-term recovery, reconstruction or rehabilitation, and displacement, relocation, or migration caused by temporary and permanent loss and damage. Financial support to developing countries also includes actions to address slow onset events, develop