This three-day course educated participants on:

• Air tightness testing standards and code requirements
• the differences between residential and commercial air tightness tests
• building science and driving forces of air leakage
• test considerations and planning
• required materials and equipment

The workshop also focused on the setup and use of blower door equipment, and finished with a full live test of the CARSI building at Red River College, which incorporates diagnostic tools and analysis/reporting of the test data.

Background

Increasing air tightness in a building is now widely recognized as one of the most influential factors affecting the building’s performance in terms of energy use, comfort, indoor air quality, durability and even noise transmission.

Even though airtightness testing of residential houses is quite common, airtightness testing of commercial buildings is only now starting to grow.

Testing equipment is now evolving to measure a larger range of commercial building types; however, since this type of testing is still relatively new to the United States and Canada, there remains very few qualified personnel able to perform these tests to specific standards.

The Paterson GlobalFoods Institute (PGI) was recently profiled on CTV Winnipeg as students started their first day of school.
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The World Trade Centre Winnipeg kicks off Small Business Week™ on Monday, October 16, 2017 with a stimulating luncheon hosted by WTC Winnipeg Co-Chair David Angus.
Hear the latest trends in technology, media and telecommunications alongside Manitoba entrepreneurs and business leaders.
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This October, the Association of University Technology Managers is hosting its 2017 Western Region Meeting at the Santa Clara Marriott located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Experience excellent content on hot topics, engaging panelists, networking and friendly conversation. This meeting will focus on collaboration, technology commercialization and much more.
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Do you know of any upcoming, ongoing or recently completed applied research projects that students either participated in or initiated? Please let us know.
We are seeking submissions for our second-annual Applied Research and Innovation Day taking place at the College on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Read More →

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is introducing a Partnership Engage Grant to better address the short-term needs, challenges and opportunities of researchers and institutions. Read More →

The International Marketing Intelligence (IMI) service provides timely and targeted research and supporting services to enterprises of all sizes that are actively considering expansion to international markets.

Our primary goal is to assist small and medium-sized enterprises commercializing and expanding their sales internationally by providing relevant business and market intelligence in countries and regions of interest. Read More →

This project focuses on developing cost-effective systems for the implementation of thermally broken concrete slabs for residential mid/high-rise construction.

Background

Traditionally, concrete balconies in mid/high-rise residential buildings are designed as an extension to the floor slab, constructed as a one or two-way reinforced concrete slab cantilevered out past the building’s exterior wall.

Without a thermal break, the balcony easily conducts heat, causing a significant amount of heat loss in the winter, leaving the floor slab and window-wall assembly considerably cooler than the interior temperature, and resulting in condensation.

If not properly controlled, materials eventually start to degrade, reducing the integrity and safety of the structure, and even compromising the indoor air quality from mold growth.

Our Research

• This project includes experimentally investigating different forms of thermal insulation materials and different types of rebar and then performing thermal testing and analysis, and structural testing on these materials. BETAC is providing the laboratory space for casting samples and the environmental chambers needed for the thermal testing.
• The main project team includes the College, the University of Manitoba, Crosier Kilgour & Partners and SMT Research.

Status

The first phase of this project started in June, 2016, and is due to complete in August, 2017. The completion of phase two is to be determined.

Red River College will be home to a new Smart Factory and will expand its Centre for Aerospace Technology and Training (CATT), as part of a $10-million investment over the next five years by Western Economic Diversification Canada. Read More →