ELECTRIFYING SOCIETY: TOWARDS DECARBONIZED RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

凭借其在建筑环境、清洁能源、电气和信息技术方面已证明的世界级研究和技术开发实力，康科迪亚的目标是成为加拿大领先的大学，通过以电气化为关键要素的技术和社会创新为基础的变革性和综合性方法，应对实现脱碳弹性社区的挑战。康科迪亚将其定位为世界领先机构的相关成就的例子包括连续两次在智能网络零能源建筑和相关国际能源倡议方面领导NSERC战略研究网络，共同领导一个国家网络安全网络，在气候变化模型方面的突破性研究被广泛引用，以及在电机和能量存储方面的新颖工作。此外，康科迪亚还吸引了许多与清洁能源相关的著名NSERC工业研究讲座，以及智能、可持续和有弹性的社区和城市方面的加拿大卓越研究讲座。研究计划将解决的一个关键挑战是，迫切需要加快和优化向脱碳弹性社区的过渡-需要设计和集成智能碳中和建筑、智能电网、能源储存、能源管理、分布式可再生能源的整合和交通电气化的新技术，同时强调创新、负担得起、公平和社会福祉，同时考虑到土著社区的具体需求。拟议的研究计划吸引了来自康科迪亚的约140名顶尖研究人员，以及CanmetENERGY、NRC和魁北克水电等主要合作伙伴，围绕三个主题构建：主题1：智能、可持续和健康的建筑环境；主题2：基于可再生能源的弹性社区能源和交通系统；主题3：促进社会公平和公民参与的规划和治理。还有三个平台连接三个主题：A.电气化、B.数字化和物联网、C.生活实验室和知识动员。康科迪亚园区将被用作生活实验室，测试和演示尖端的清洁能源技术和智能建筑系统。合作伙伴将可以进入Living Lab与研究团队进行协作项目，促进进一步的创新和商业化。

Building on its demonstrated world-class research and technology development strengths in the built environment, clean energy, electrical and information technologies, Concordia aims to be the leading university in Canada in addressing the challenges to achieving decarbonized resilient communities through a transformative and integrated approach based on technological and social innovation with electrification as a key element. Examples of related achievements of Concordia that position it as a world-leading institution include leadership of two consecutive award-winning NSERC strategic research networks in smart net-zero energy buildings and related international IEA initiatives, co-leadership of a national cybersecurity network, highly-cited ground-breaking research on climate change modelling, and novel work on electrical machines and energy storage. In addition, Concordia has attracted many prestigious NSERC Industrial Research Chairs related to clean energy and a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities. A key challenge that will be addressed in the research program is the urgent need to accelerate and optimize the transition to decarbonized resilient communities - entailing design and integration of new technologies for smart carbon-neutral buildings, smart grids, energy storage, energy management, integration of distributed renewable energy resources, and electrification of transportation, while emphasizing innovation, affordability, equity, and well-being of society with consideration of the specific needs of Indigenous communities. The proposed research program, which has attracted about 140 top researchers from Concordia, and major partners such as CanmetENERGY, NRC and Hydro-Québec is built around three themes:Theme 1: Smart, sustainable and healthy built environment; Theme 2: Resilient community energy and transportation systems based on renewables; Theme 3: Planning and governance for social equity and citizen engagement. There are also three platforms that connect across the three themes: A. Electrification, B. Digitalization and IoT, C. Living Lab and knowledge mobilization. The Concordia campus will be used as a Living Lab for testing and demonstration of the cutting-edge clean energy technologies and smart building systems. Partners will have access to the Living Lab for collaborative projects with the research team, facilitating further innovation and commercialization.