Leading Edge Green Building Technologies projects at SAIT

Rob shares some of the exciting projects he is working on at the Green Building Technologies Lab at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary Alberta Canada.

SAIT is a global leader in applied post secondary education, now offering over 100 applied programs developed in close collaboration with industry. Since 1916 SAIT has prepared workers for success and leadership in our changing world.


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Specific Topic Links

0:26 Projects
0:39 Canada’s zero carbon building standard for residential homes
0:55 Third Residential Living Building Challenge building in the world
2:59 Features of Canada’s first net-zero commercial building
5:18 SAIT Applied Research & Innovation


Resources

Living Building Challenge
https://living-future.org/lbc/

SAIT Applied Research and Innovation Services
https://www.sait.ca/research-and-inno...

SAIT Green Building Technologies articles
https://www.sait.ca/about-sait?q=gree...

Red list
https://living-future.org/declare/dec...

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