Green Building Technology Access Centre

南阿尔伯塔研究所的绿色建筑技术接入中心 (GBTAC) 卡尔加里的技术为私营部门合作伙伴和其他人提供应用研究和技术服务 艾伯塔省南部和加拿大西部的建筑和能源产品及服务行业 该中心成立于 2014 年，以 SAIT 的绿色建筑技术能力为基础 (GBT) 包括自 GBT 以来积累的专业知识、设施、行业参与和研究能力 该倡议于2008年在这里发起 SAIT 仍然是 GBT 接入中心的理想地点 建筑业占 艾伯塔省 3,067 亿加元的国内生产总值中近 12% 来自建筑产品和服务 行业为这一繁荣贡献了 90 亿美元 该行业的绝大多数公司规模较小 员工人数少于 50 人的中型企业 (SME) 将 GBTAC 续展另外 5 个 今年将继续通过促进中小企业发展来帮助加强区域创新体系的能力 获得杠杆融资，并为合作伙伴中小企业、行业协会、政府和 非政府组织能够为不断增长的创新需求提供本地、可获取的解决方案 绿色建筑市场合作伙伴受益于新 GBT 实验室的重要研发基础设施和 SAIT 应用研究与创新的示范中心和其他最先进的实验室 服务

The Green Building Technologies Access Centre (GBTAC) at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary provides applied research and technical services to private sector partners and others in the building and energy products and services industry in southern Alberta and western Canada This Centre was established in 2014, building on SAITs established capacity in green building technologies (GBT) including expertise, facilities, industry engagement, and research competence amassed since the GBT initiative was launched here in 2008 SAIT continues to be an 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 Renewing the GBTAC for another five years will continue to help 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 benefit from significant R&D infrastructure at the new GBT Lab and Demonstration Centre and in the other state-of-the-art labs in SAITs Applied Research and Innovation Services