Green Building Technology Access Centre

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The Green Building Technologies Access Centre (GBTAC) at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary will provide**applied research and technical services to private sector partners and others in the building products and**services industry in southern Alberta and western Canada. This Centre will build on SAITs established**capacity in green building technologies (GBT) including expertise, facilities, industry engagement, and**research competence amassed since the GBT initiative was launched in 2008 at SAIT.**SAIT is the ideal location for the GBT Access Centre. The construction sector accounts for nearly 12 per cent**of Alberta's $306.7 billion gross domestic product, with the building product and services industry**contributing $9 billion of this prosperity. The vast majority of companies in this industry are small to**medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 50 employees. The GBTAC will strengthen the capacity of**the regional innovation system by facilitating SME access to leveraged funding, and provide partner SMEs,**industry associations, governments and non-governmental organizations with a local, accessible solution to**innovation needs tied to the growing green building market. Partners will benefit from significant new**infrastructure at the GBT Lab and Demonstration Centre and state-of-the-art Applied Research and**Innovation Services labs in the new 740,000 sqft Trades and Technology Centre.