Green Homes

提高建筑物的能源效率不仅是降低能源成本的重要一步， 经济机会，以增加就业机会和生产力。34%的加拿大建筑工人， 30万人，位于安大略，大多数受雇于中小型企业（SMEs）。 获得经过验证的技术是中小企业的一项竞争优势;然而， 需要在实验室和现场环境中进行评估、原型制作和测试，然后才能将其用于 市场此外，尽管有很多关于将技术融入新建筑的研究， 研究的重点是开发改造现有建筑物的技术。乔治布朗学院 (GBC)绿色家园倡议通过以行业为重点的应用研究和创新来解决这一差距 该计划与高素质和技能人才的培训紧密结合， 建筑系统、绿色能源整合和计算机化的高效住宅建筑。的 研究将集中在两个主题：（i）开发新型建筑改造材料和方法，以及（ii） “智能”楼宇自动化、传感器和控制系统技术的发展。这些主题 解决行业在发展过程中面临的两个最重要的问题：一个综合的“整体建筑” 从材料和工艺到系统， 整合，整合室内和室外的节能住宅建筑。GBC的领导力 绿色家园不仅可以帮助中小企业创新和更快地将新产品推向市场，还可以提供 新一代高技能，精通技术的毕业生准备在一个至关重要的经济发展， 经济领域：发展更节能的住宅。

Increasing the energy efficiency of buildings is not only a vital step in reducing energy costs, it also provides economic opportunities to increase jobs and productivity. 34% of Canada's construction workers, over 300,000, are located in Ontario, the majority employed by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Access to proven technologies is a competitive advantage to SMEs; however, implementing new technologies requires evaluating, prototyping, and testing in laboratory and field settings before they can be brought to market. Also, although much research exists regarding the integration of technology into new buildings, little study has focused on developing technologies for retrofitting existing buildings. George Brown College's (GBC) Green Homes initiative addresses this gap with an industry-focused applied research and innovation program tightly integrated with the training of highly qualified and skilled personnel in areas such as advanced construction systems, green energy integration and computer-enabled, efficient residential buildings. The research will focus on two themes: (i) Development of Novel Building Retrofit Materials and Methods, and (ii) Development of "Smart" Building Automation, Sensor and Control System Technologies. These themes address the two most important issues facing industry in evolving the sector: an integrated, "total building" approach to home construction, and renovation and retrofitting, from materials and processes to systems integration, that integrates the interior and exterior for energy efficient home building. GBC's leadership of Green Homes will not only help SMEs innovate and get new products to market faster, it will also deliver a new generation of highly skilled, technology savvy graduates ready to lead economic development in a vital area of the economy: the development of more energy efficient homes.