McGill announces chair in architecture to develop solutions for mass building climate retrofits
McGill University announced the establishment of a Chair in Architecture, Energy, and Environment in the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, to develop turn-key solutions for mass building climate retrofits.
Supported by funding and in-kind contributions that total over C$6 million, the Chair will be held by Associate Professor Michael Jemtrud, and is funded by the NSERC Alliance program ? the largest grant awarded in Quebec ? with primary support from Hydro-Québec, and the Quebec Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
?Sustainability and climate change are defining issues of our times,? said Benoit Boulet, Associate Vice-Principal, Research & Innovation. ?The ambitious agenda of this chair demonstrates McGill?s commitment to finding and implementing solutions to these problems.? ?This chair is more than an opportunity to urgently reduce emissions,? said Professor Michael Jemtrud. ?It is a wholistic attempt to transform physical, social, and economic regimes for the benefit of all in adapting to the accelerating consequences of climate change by building more resilient communities.?
The new chair has organized a broad and diverse interdisciplinary team of researchers, public and private sector partners including: Hydro Quebec, Ministère de l?Énergie et des Ressources naturelles, Natural Resources Canada, Société d?habitation du Québec, RG Solution, Minotair, 475 High Performance Building Supply, If Then Architecture, Carleton University, University of ...
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