Wildfire House
A winner of IC-IMPACTS’ Call for Proposals: Innovation in Design and Construction of Low-Cost, Resilient, Energy-Efficient, and Safe Housing for First Nation Communities, the Wildfire House Prototype aims to create a replicable model for culturally specific, sustainable, and healthy housing. This project is a partnership between the Yunesit’in community, which is a part of the Tsilhqot’in National Government, […]
Scour Monitoring of an Overwater Bridge in Manitoba Using Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Probes
Scour—or the erosion of supporting sediments near bridge piers and abutments—accounts for the majority of overwater bridge failures around the world. The 2013 failure of the Bonnybrook Bridge in Alberta, Canada and the devastating collapse in 2016 of the Savitri River Bridge in India are just two recent examples of scour-induced failures. A novel scour sensor […]
India-Canada Initiative for Resilient Global Urban Shelter
ABOUT THE PROJECT The primary objective of this project is to develop new cost-effective seismic isolation platform (SIP) concepts that can be mass implemented for the most commonly designed buildings in urban settings in India. RESEARCH ABSTRACT In this project, novel seismic isolation platform (SIP) concepts that are compatible with the Indian construction environment but […]
Solar Energy Powered Net-Zero Energy Smart Buildings
ABOUT THE PROJECT The research project aims to identify optimal configurations of building technologies that are suitable for the local climatic conditions and construction practices to achieve the aggressive design goal of net-zero energy buildings (NZEB) in which locally produced energy from renewable energy sources is at least equal to the energy consumer over an […]
Urban Heat Island Effect and Building Energy Demand: Linkages Explained Using a Dense, Low Cost Sensor Network
ABOUT THE PROJECT The proposed research aims to understand the relationship between Urban Heat Island (UHI) intensity and building energy demands using real world quantitative data. Using open source hardware-software platforms, the research team will build and deploy a low-cost sensor network for UHI mapping and indoor temperature-humidity mapping. The data will be used together […]
Smart Sensor Deployment in Buildings: Evacuation Planning and Energy Management
ABOUT THE PROJECT The project will instrument two offices buildings and several homes to gather detailed usage data and inform the researchers on peak usage capping, demand response and emergency evacuation. The end product of the research will be a family of algorithms, ontologies and prototypes that will provide better building energy management and building […]
High Fracture Toughness, Durable Concrete with Minimized Carbon Footprint Employing Large Amounts of Industrial Wastes
ABOUT THE PROJECT This research program aims to contribute to the development of innovative pavements, enhance detection of corrosion in reinforced concrete bridges, undertake research in seismic strengthening for BC schools, and improve durability and performance of innovative materials. ]NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS (November 2016) RESEARCH ABSTRACT The research program of IC-IMPACTS’ Scientific Director and Theme Lead for […]
Structural Health Monitoring of Tall Buildings Using Vibration-Based Techniques
ABOUT THE PROJECT This project will develop new models for monitoring the structural health of tall and mid-rise buildings. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS (November 2016) PROJECT UPDATE (April 2016) Experimental tests were conducted at CSIR-CBRI India and Concordia on a cantilever beam, a set of multi-storey frame structures to produce appropriate data for developing and validating the proposed innovative methods […]
Full Field Non-Contact SHM Protocols for Long Span Railway Bridges and Heritage Structures
ABOUT THE PROJECT This project will develop a new system that uses Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for structural health monitoring of inaccessible railway bridges in Canada and India. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS (November 2016) PROJECT UPDATE (April 2016)Canadian team members are assessing the feasibility of mounting various non-destructive equipment on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), meanwhile Indian team members are developing […]
Application of Precast Products Made Using Bottom Ash and Fly Ash for Rural Pavements and Other Infrastructure in India
This project will develop new mixes that use boot ash to produce cement-less concrete or fine aggregate for concrete for precast applications of the construction industry resulting in significant environmental benefits. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS (October 2016) PROJECT UPDATE (April 2016) Researchers have focused on choosing optimum content of different precursors with alkaline liquid combination and parameters that affects […]