Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Digital Intersection GHG Reduction Estimation Project
Agreement Number:
1029018
Agreement Value:
$13,380,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 4, 2025 - Mar 31, 2027
Description:
Transportation is responsible for 25% of Canada’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with passenger cars and light trucks responsible for nearly half of that total, primarily in the form of carbon dioxide (C02). Traffic congestion is part of the problem. A 2009 University of California study showed that reducing congestion – keeping traffic flowing at moderate speeds and smoothing traffic so that there are fewer accelerations and decelerations – can reduce C02 emissions from vehicle traffic by approximately 30%.
This project will produce a modern traffic signal infrastructure using digital technologies capable of optimizing traffic signal timing to reduce congestion and the GHG emissions it causes. It will also create a global standard for quantifying the resulting GHG emission reductions, enabling cities and towns to measure the contribution improving traffic makes to reaching Canada’s GHG reduction targets.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
The NRC-IRAP Clean Technology Program will support Canadian SMEs in the research and development of sustainable development technologies, up to their commercialization, with the potential to deliver economic and environmental outcomes.
Location:
Kitchener, Ontario, CA N2C 1L3
Reference Number:
172-2024-2025-Q4-1029018
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
831042346
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Recipient's Legal Name:
Miovision Technologies Incorporated
Federal Riding Name:
Kitchener South--Hespeler
Federal Riding Number:
35047
Program:
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
Program Purpose:
The NRC-IRAP Clean Technology Program will support Canadian SMEs in the research and development of sustainable development technologies, up to their commercialization, with the potential to deliver economic and environmental outcomes.
Coverage:
NRC-IRAP Clean Technology projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through sustainable development technological innovation, while improving Canada’s environmental indicators related to greenhouse gas emissions (GCG), waste management, air quality or drinking water based on the types of sustainable development technologies that will be supported.│Les projets de technologies propres du PARI-CNRC stimulent la création de richesse pour le Canada grâce à l’innovation technologique en matière de développement durable, tout en améliorant les indicateurs environnementaux du Canada liés aux émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES), à la gestion des déchets, à la qualité de l’air ou à l’eau potable en fonction des types de technologies de développement durable qui seront soutenues.