Industry Research Questions Exchange

The Industry Research Questions Exchange offers industry and academia an opportunity to collaborate on key research questions around emissions-neutral buildings in Alberta.

The Industry Research Questions Exchange offers industry and academia an opportunity to collaborate on key research questions around emissions-neutral buildings in Alberta.

To Participate

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Explore the questions database below.

Discover the questions that are open for research, under investigation or completed.

2

Is there a question you would like to research?

Collaboration among industry members and researchers can help find solutions and shape the future of emissions-neutral buildings in Alberta.

3

Is there a question you would like answered and added to the database?

Industry members, please pose questions that could benefit from research and/or that you might be interested in partnering on with a researcher.

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Have you already published research that addresses any of the questions posted on the database?

Please submit your findings to the resource library and include a note about which question your research addresses.

Questions Database

This is a list of research that the ENBIX team and its supporters have determined would be helpful for the emissions-neutral building industry in Alberta.

To view the full research exchange and question database, complete with all the descriptions and details, click the link here.

StatusResearch Topic
open for researchCurrent Code Compliance – Alignment with Step CodeView Details
open for researchSkills Gap Analysis View Details
under investigationFeasibility and Costing of Heating and DHW Solutions for Residential Deep Energy RetrofitsView Details
under investigationCollecting and communicating hard data that documents how high-performance homes (Passive House, CHBA Net Zero, etc.) performed during the January 2024 extreme cold snap in AlbertaView Details
open for researchEmissions-Neutral Buildings Training and Education Gap AnalysisView Details
open for researchCIEP Viability AssessmentView Details
open for researchAverage Alberta CO2 Emissions ModelsView Details
open for researchStudy on Heat Loss Rates for High-Performance Electric BuildingsView Details
open for researchResearching Opportunities for Heat Pump AdoptionView Details
open for researchOvercoming Barriers to Data Access for Informed Energy Retrofits: A Cross-Jurisdictional Exploration and Pathway RecommendationsView Details
open for researchMitigating Energy Poverty: Investigating Energy Usage in Rental Housing for Deep Energy RetrofitsView Details
open for researchAlberta Deep Energy Retrofit Environmental ScanView Details
open for researchBarriers Analysis: New ConstructionView Details
open for researchBarriers Analysis: Deep Energy RetrofitsView Details
open for researchUrban Planning and Asset Management Intersectionality Study View Details
open for researchDeep Energy Retrofit Supply Chain Analysis and Action PlanView Details
open for researchElectrification of Buildings in Alberta: Aligning Building Strategies and Grid RealitiesView Details
open for researchEvaluating the Investment Requirements and Benefits of Decarbonizing Alberta’s Existing Building StockView Details
open for researchDeveloping Methodology for Integrating Benchmarking and Energy Auditing Data to Guide Deep Energy Retrofits and Pathways to Net ZeroView Details

Are you a researcher interested in sharing your knowledge by joining this initiative?

Thank you to the researchers and institutions already participating in the question exchange:

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