Green Building Technology Access Centre

卡尔加里萨特理工学院的绿色建筑技术接入中心(GBTAC)将为阿尔伯塔省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SAITs已建立的**绿色建筑技术(GBT)能力的基础上，包括专业知识、设施、行业参与和**自2008年SAIT启动GBT倡议以来积累的**研究能力。**SAIT是GBT接入中心的理想地点。建筑业占艾伯塔省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。这个行业的绝大多数公司都是雇员少于50人的中小型企业(SME)。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，并为合作伙伴中小企业、**行业协会、政府和非政府组织提供当地、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**基础设施，以及位于新的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 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.