Green Building Technology Access Centre

卡尔加里SAIT理工学院的绿色建筑技术接入中心（GBTAC）将为阿尔伯塔南部和加拿大西部的私营部门合作伙伴和建筑产品和服务行业的其他人提供应用研究和技术服务。该中心将建立在SAIT在绿色建筑技术（GBT）方面的既定能力，包括专业知识、设施、行业参与和自SAIT于2008年推出GBT倡议以来积累的研究能力。SAIT是GBT访问中心的理想地点。建筑业占阿尔伯塔3067亿美元国内生产总值的近12%，其中建筑产品和服务业贡献了90亿美元的繁荣。该行业的绝大多数公司都是中小型企业（SMEs），员工人数不到50人。GBTAC将通过促进中小企业获得杠杆融资来加强区域创新体系的能力，并为中小企业、行业协会、政府和非政府组织提供当地的、可获得的解决方案，以满足与不断增长的绿色建筑市场相关的创新需求。合作伙伴将受益于GBT实验室和示范中心的重要新基础设施，以及新的740，000平方英尺贸易和技术中心的最先进的应用研究和创新服务实验室。

The Green Building Technologies Access Centre (GBTAC) at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary will provideapplied research and technical services to private sector partners and others in the building products andservices industry in southern Alberta and western Canada. This Centre will build on SAITs establishedcapacity in green building technologies (GBT) including expertise, facilities, industry engagement, andresearch 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 centof Alberta's $306.7 billion gross domestic product, with the building product and services industrycontributing $9 billion of this prosperity. The vast majority of companies in this industry are small tomedium sized enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 50 employees. The GBTAC will strengthen the capacity ofthe 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 toinnovation needs tied to the growing green building market. Partners will benefit from significant newinfrastructure at the GBT Lab and Demonstration Centre and state-of-the-art Applied Research andInnovation Services labs in the new 740,000 sqft Trades and Technology Centre.