NRC — Canadian Centre for Housing Technology
Highlights
This program is designed for businesses like yours that are involved in manufacturing, public utilities, or housing technology. It offers a unique opportunity to test and validate your innovative residential products in real-life environments. By participating, you can accelerate the acceptance of your products in the marketplace.
Why Apply?
- Access to Unique Facilities: Use the Twin Test Houses and Flex Test House to measure and validate the performance of your technologies under real-life conditions.
- Expert Guidance: Work with a team of qualified research officers, engineers, and technicians who will help you develop and validate your products.
- Accelerate Time to Market: Close the gap between laboratory and field testing, speeding up your product's journey to market.
What's in it for You?
- Comprehensive Testing: Assess energy performance, indoor air quality, and occupancy comfort.
- Extended Analysis: Use computer simulations to extend field trial results to a full year or different climate zones.
- Innovative Validation: Develop and validate new testing methods for your cutting-edge technologies.
Qualifying for this program is straightforward, and being approved will provide you with the resources and expertise needed to bring your innovative housing products to market faster and more efficiently.
Financing Details
Type of Financing: Grant
Repayment Terms and Interest Rates:
- This is a non-repayable grant, meaning there are no repayment terms or interest rates.
Eligible Expenses:
- Research and development costs
- Testing and validation of innovative housing products
- Costs associated with using the Twin Test Houses and Flex Test House
- Fees for expert advice from research officers, engineers, and technicians
Ineligible Expenses:
- General operational costs not related to research and development
- Marketing and advertising expenses
- Travel and accommodation unrelated to the project
Fees:
- There are no application or processing fees associated with this grant program.
Qualifications
- Must be a manufacturer, public utility, or housing technology company.
- Must be interested in developing and validating innovative residential products.
- Must be able to conduct research and development or measurement and verification projects.
- Business must be located in Ottawa, Ontario, or able to access facilities there.
Disqualifications:
- Businesses outside the manufacturing, public utility, or housing technology sectors.
- Businesses not interested in developing residential products.
- Businesses unable to conduct research and development or measurement and verification projects.
- Businesses unable to access facilities in Ottawa, Ontario.
Description
The Canadian Centre for Housing Technology (CCHT) offers a unique opportunity for your business. You can test and validate your innovative residential products in real-life, whole-house environments. This helps you bring your products to market faster and with more confidence.
What you get:
- Access to Twin Test Houses for side-by-side performance comparisons.
- Use of the Flex Test House for long-term energy performance testing.
- Support from a team of qualified research officers, engineers, and technicians.
Benefits for your business:
- Accelerate time to market by closing the gap between lab and field testing.
- Improve product reliability with real-life testing environments.
- Enhance product appeal by validating energy performance and indoor air quality improvements.
This program is designed to help you develop and validate new housing technologies, ensuring they meet market needs and perform well in real-life conditions.
Program Steps
Gather Necessary Documentation: Prepare the following documents to support your application:
- Business plan
- Financial statements
- Details of the innovative housing technology you wish to test
- Any previous research or validation results
Contact the CCHT Team: Reach out to the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology (CCHT) team to discuss your project goals and requirements. You can contact Chris Pezoulas, Director of Business Development, at 613-993-9502 or via email at [email protected].
Design Your Project: Work with the CCHT team to design a research and development or measurement and verification project that aligns with your company's goals, needs, and budget.
Submit Your Application: Complete and submit the application form provided by the CCHT. Ensure all required documentation is included.
Review and Approval: The CCHT team will review your application to ensure it meets the program's criteria and objectives. They may request additional information or clarification during this process.
Project Implementation: Upon approval, collaborate with the CCHT team to implement your project. This includes setting up testing in the relevant facilities, such as the Twin Test Houses or the Flex Test House.
Monitor and Validate: Throughout the project, work with the CCHT team to monitor and validate the performance of your housing technology under real-life conditions.
Receive Results and Feedback: After the testing period, receive detailed results and expert feedback from the CCHT team to help you refine and improve your technology.
Finalize and Report: Finalize your project by incorporating the feedback and results into your technology development. Prepare a final report summarizing the findings and outcomes of the project.