Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC)

建筑围护结构技术获取中心（BETAC）为寒冷气候下的建筑业主、设计师、产品供应商、服务提供商和行业提供建筑围护结构和装配研究、技术服务和培训。在过去的四年半里，咨询委员会一直专注于最初提出的应用研究、技术服务和培训等服务组合。TAC积极与该地区的各种组织和中小型企业（SME）合作，在三个服务类别中开展活动。完成40多项整栋建筑气密性测试，超过2200万平方米。英尺建筑面积;确定了超过250，000立方米的等效天然气能源消耗来加热意外的空气泄漏，这相当于每年475吨的温室气体排放（GHG）。RRC正在请求将NSERC CCI的TAC支持再延长五年。如果没有这一支持，工业界获得RRC技术资产和专门知识的机会将极为有限。RRC的TAC的持续运作对于保持创新和持续应用研究计划和服务的势头至关重要。

The Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC) provides building envelope and assembly research,technical services and training to building owners, designers, product suppliers, service providers and trades in coldclimates. The breadth of services and access to specialized technology, expertise and facilities provide flexibility andadd value to an audience that is proactive and seeks efficiency.Over the last four and a half years, the TAC has focused on the originally proposed service portfolios of appliedresearch, technical services and training. The TAC is actively engaged with a variety of organizations and small tomid-size enterprises (SMEs) around the region, with activities in each of the three service categories. Completedover 40 whole building air tightness tests over 22 million sq. ft. of building floor space; identified over 250,000 cubicmeters of equivalent natural gas energy consumption to heat unintended air leakage which translates to 475 tonnesof greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) per year.RRC is requesting the renewal of NSERC CCI's TAC support for another five-year period. Access to RRC'stechnological assets and expertise by industry would have been extremely limited without this support. RRC'scontinual operation of the TAC is critical for sustaining the momentum towards innovation and on-going appliedresearch programs and services.