Wednesday, June 25, 2025

BPRC Summer Mini-Conference 2025

We are pleased to announce the BPRC Summer Mini-Conference: Date: Friday, July 18, 2025 Location: Carleton University, Ottawa (ON) Theme: Future-Proofing the Built Environment   Graduate students (MASc / PhD) are invited to submit an abstract for the student poster session. The main themes are: Occupant Behaviour and Building Controls Energy... More

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

BPRC students take 1st prize in international competition

BPRC students Luminita Dumitrascu, Tareq Abuimara, Michael Gutland, Larissa Ide and Adrian Soble recently won first place in the Student Modelling Competition, organized as part of the 16th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA),  2-4 September 2019 in Rome, Italy. They beat out 11 other international... More

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Rebecca Pinto awarded renewal of RDH Research Scholarship

Congratulations to Rebecca Pinto, a PhD student in Prof. Beausoleil-Morrison's SBES lab, who was awarded a renewal of the RDH Research Scholarship yesterday. Rebecca was one of the three successful winners of a scholarship from RDH Building Science Inc in 2018. The scholarship competition was held across the USA and Canada and was open... More

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Major Funding Announcement for BPRC profs

On July 26, 2019, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Catherine McKenna, was at Carleton to announce $3.5M in federal funding for BPRC projects through NRCan. Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank – CU-CABER – Advanced Building Envelope Technologies for Net-Zero Construction and Retrofit in Canada’s Residential and Commercial Sectors:... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

MoCreebec Eeyoud enlists Carleton students to reduce energy use

The MoCreebec Eeyoud First Nation in Moose Factory, Ontario, wants to reduce energy costs and take ownership of power consumption. Involved in this project are two Carleton students: Joshua Russell and Keelia LaFreniere; along with Prof. Jean Duquette. Read more about this project... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Jean Duquette’s Research Team Receives NFRF Support

Dr. Jean Duquette (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) was recognized by the New Frontiers in Research Fund, along with Prof. Zach Colbert (Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism) and Alexandra Mallett (School of Public Policy and Administration), for a project focused on energy capture in tall buildings. To read more about... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Northern Nomad – A tiny house with a tiny footprint

The Northern Nomad is a net zero energy building that is designed for cold climates. This project by Scott Bucking and his students, cleverly utilises renewable energy technologies to achieve its goal. Find more information about this project here.... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

SUSTAIN Project Uses Generative Design Software to Analyze Building Efficiency

  SUSTAIN (Sensor-based Unified Simulation Techniques for Advanced In-Building Networks) is a project led by Dr. Gabriel Wainer (Professor of Systems and Computer Engineering), along with Dr. Liam O'Brien (Associate Professor in Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering) and Stephen Fai (Associate Professor in Azrieli School... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

BPRC research receives investment from Minister of Environment and Climate Change

The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced an investment of $350,000 into a research project led by Carleton professors Liam O’Brien, Burak Gunay and Ian Beausoleil-Morrison. The project focuses on designing more energy efficient buildings by studying occupant behaviour. You can find the full story here.... More

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Prof. O’Brien will co-lead International Energy Agency Annex 79 on Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation

A new IEA EBC Annex on occupant-centric design and opreation has been approved, as of June 2018. The Annex will involve about 100 experts from 20 countries for five years and focus on fundamental research issues regarding occupant comfort and behaviour, application to design and operations practice, new technology and tool development, and case... More