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Research Projects
Below is a list of our research projects organized by our four main research areas. Visit the project Web site for full information or click on the Factsheet (where available) for a one-page summary in Adobe PDF.
(Note that you can find the same information organized by more detailed subjects.)
Fire Research [Visit main site]
| Development of Design Fires | ||
| Characterization of Real Fires in Multi-Suite Dwellings | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire Performance of Houses | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire Resistance of Structural Systems | ||
| Fire and Acoustical Performance of Floor Assemblies | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire Performance of High Strength Concrete | Site | |
| Fire Resistance of Floor Systems - Phase - I | Site | |
| Fire Resistance of Floor Systems - Phase - II | Site | |
| Fire Resistance of FRP-Strengthened Structural Members | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire Resistance of Wall Systems - Phase-I | Site | |
| Fire Resistance of Wall Systems - Phase-II | Site | |
| Fire Spread in Wall/Floor Joints | Site | |
| Fire Test Method Development | Site | |
| Harmonization of Fire Resistance Test Furnaces | Site | |
| Modelling Fire Resistance of Wall Systems | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire Risk and Human Behaviour | ||
| Alarm Signal Recognition | Site | |
| Analysis of First-Person Accounts from World Trade Center Survivors | Site | |
| Assessment of Photoluminescent Material during Evacuation | Site | |
| Evaluation of Photoluminescent Way-Guidance Installations for Evacuation of Office Buildings | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire Risk Assessment for Light Industrial Buildings - FIERAsystem | Site | |
| Fire Risk Assessment for Residential and Office Buildings - FiRECAM™ | Site | |
| Impact of Sprinklers on Life Safety | Site | |
| Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster | Site | |
| Occupant Behaviour during the Cook County Administration Building Fire in Chicago | Site | |
| Time Data from Drills for the Uncertainty in Egress Models Project | Site | |
| Water Requirements Model | Site | |
| Material Fire Characterization | ||
| Cone Calorimeter Studies | Site | |
| Ignition Strength / Cigarette Test Facility | Site | |
| Simulation of a Fire Incident Involving a Smouldering Sofa Fire | Site | Factsheet |
| Smoke Analysis using FTIR Spectroscopy | Site | |
| Spatial Separation | Site | |
| Performance of Fire Detection and Suppression Systems | ||
| Compressed-Air Foam Technology for Fire Protection of Housing Units in Remote Areas | Site | Factsheet |
| Duct Smoke Detectors in HVAC | Site | |
| Effectiveness of Manually Applied Compressed-Air-Foam (CAF) Fire Extinction Systems | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire and Explosion Protection for Vehicle Crew Compartment | Site | |
| Gaseous Agents and Total Flooding Systems | Site | |
| Replacement of Halon with 3M™ Novec™ 1230 in a Crew Compartment Protection System | Site | Factsheet |
| Residential Smoke Alarm Studies | Site | |
| Residential Sprinkler with Nonmetallic Piping | Site | |
| Road Tunnel Fire Protection | Site | Factsheet |
| Streaming Agents and Portable Extinguishers | Site | |
| Use of Compressed Air Foam Technology to Provide Fire Protection for Electrical Fires in Sub-Floors and Cable Trays | Site | Factsheet |
| Use of Water Mist Systems to Suppress Fires in Machinery Spaces of Canadian Coast Guard Ships | Site | Factsheet |
| Water Mist Fire Suppression Technology | Site | |
| Smoke Management in the Built Environment | ||
| Atrium Smoke Management | Site | |
| Balcony Spill Plumes | Site | Factsheet |
| Buoyant Smoke Flow in Atrium Smoke Management | Site | |
| Cable Fires in Plenums | Site | |
| Hot Smoke Tests in the Maurice Richard Arena of Montreal | Site | |
| Numerical Modelling of Movement and Behaviour of Smoke from Fires in the Ville-Marie and L.-H.-La Fontaine Tunnels | Site | Factsheet |
| Positive Pressure Ventilation | Site | |
| Shielded Open-Plan Office Fires | Site | |
| Verification of Modelling Tools for Predicting Smoke Movement in High-rise Buildings | Site |
Indoor Environment [Visit main site]
| Acoustics | ||
| Acoustics of Team Style Open Offices | Site | |
| Advanced Acoustical Assessment Procedures for Open-Plan Offices | Site | Factsheet |
| Cost-effective Open-Plan Environments (COPE) | Site | Factsheet |
| Development of Test Procedure for Floor Toppings | Site | |
| Exterior Walls - Insulating Buildings Against Noise from Aircraft (IBANA) | Site | |
| Electrical Outlets in Interior Walls | Site | |
| Factors Affecting Speech Pickup in Rooms | Site | Factsheet |
| Fire and Acoustical Performance of Floor Assemblies | Site | Factsheet |
| Flanking Transmission in Framed Buildings Phase I: Fire Stops | Site | |
| Flanking Transmission in Framed Buildings Phase II: Effect of Continuous Elements at the Wall/Floor Junction | Site | |
| Flanking Transmission in Framed Buildings Phase III: Transmission via Structural Connections at the Wall/Floor Junction | Site | |
| Procedures for Designing and Assessing the Speech Security of Meeting Rooms | Site | Factsheet |
| Sound Insulation in Japanese and Korean 2x4 Multi-Unit Buildings | Site | Factsheet |
| Sound Transmission through Concrete Block Walls | Site | |
| Sound Transmission through Gypsum Board Walls-Phase I | Site | |
| Sound Transmission through Gypsum Board Walls-Phase II | Site | |
| Sound Transmission through Window Panes | Site | |
| Special Interest Group - Suitable Acoustic and Firestop Technologies (SIG-SAFT) | Site | Factsheet |
| Speech Recognition in Classrooms | Site | Factsheet |
| Lighting | ||
| Atrium Performance | Site | |
| Commercial Building Design | Site | Factsheet |
| Cost-Effective Open-Plan Environments (COPE) | Site | Factsheet |
| Daylight-linked Lighting Control Systems | Site | |
| DAYSIM (Dynamic Daylight Simulations) | Site | Factsheet |
| Demand Responsive Buildings | Site | Factsheet |
| Emergency Lighting | Site | |
| Evaluating Lighting Preferences Using Images | Site | |
| Fluorescent Lamp Flicker | Site | |
| Full-spectrum Lighting | Site | |
| Individual Control of Workstation Lighting | Site | |
| Lighting Quality and Office Work: Field Simulation Experiments | Site | Factsheet |
| Luminance-Based Lighting Control to Enhance Energy Savings | Site | Factsheet |
| Occupant Use of Window Blinds | Site | |
| Office Lighting Quality | Site | |
| Personal Environmental Controls | Site | Factsheet |
| Relative Visual Performance | Site | |
| Room Brightness Distribution | Site | |
| Satisfaction, Stress and Well-Being in Open-Plan Offices | Site | Factsheet |
| SkyVision (simulation of skylight performance) | Site | Factsheet |
| Spectral Filters for Luminaires | Site | |
| Task Lighting Effects on Preferred Office Lighting and Energy Savings | Site | Factsheet |
| Translucent Fibreglass Glazing System for Daylighting: Effects on Health and Task Performance | Site | Factsheet |
| Ventilation and IAQ | ||
| Assessing Health Risks from Organic Compounds in Indoor Air | Site | Factsheet |
| Desiccant Evaporative Cooling for Residential Buildings | Site | Factsheet |
| Effect of Office Design on Organisational Productivity | Site | Factsheet |
| Efficient Air Movement and Heat Delivery | Site | Factsheet |
| Energy Efficient Hybrid Ventilation Systems for Residential Buildings | Site | Factsheet |
| Indoor Air Quality Emission Simulation Tool (IA-QUEST) | Site | |
| Material Emissions and Indoor Air Quality Modeling - Phase II (MEIAQ-II) | Site | Factsheet |
| Mould Growth in Buildings | Site |
Urban Infrastructure [Visit main site]
| Buried Utilities | ||
| APWA - Innovations in Urban Infrastructure | Site | |
| Dextrous Manipulation of Nondestructive Testing Sensors in Water Mains | Site | Factsheet |
| Dynamic Influences on the Deterioration Rates of Individual Water Mains | Site | Factsheet |
| Effect of Aging Water Mains on Water Quality in Distribution Systems | Site | Factsheet |
| Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cathodic Protection of Water Mains | Site | |
| Expert Systems for Characterizing the Corrosivity of Pipe Environments | Site | Factsheet |
| Examining the Impact of Water Quality on the Integrity of Distribution Infrastructure | Site | Factsheet |
| Failures in Gray Cast Iron Distribution Pipes | Site | |
| Leak detection methods for plastic water distribution pipes | Site | |
| Long-Term Performance of Ductile Iron Pipe | Site | Factsheet |
| Municipal Infrastructure Investment Planning (MIIP) | Site | Factsheet |
| Performance Assessment and Field Monitoring of Sliplined Cast Iron Water Mains | Site | |
| Risk Management of Large-Diameter Water-Transmission Mains | Site | Factsheet |
| Underwater robot for inspection of in-service transmission mains | Site | Factsheet |
| D-WARP, Water Renewal Planner | Site | |
| Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research | ||
| A Decision Support System to Quantify Social Costs related to Municipal Infrastructure Rehabilitation | Site | |
| Failure Mechanisms of Asbestos Cement Pipes | Site | |
| An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Management of Municipal Infrastructure Assets | Site | Factsheet |
| Investigation of Failure Mechanisms of Asbestos - Cement Pipes in Regina | Site | Factsheet |
| Management Tool for Asbestos Cement Water Mains | Site | |
| Non-Destructive Evaluation of Concrete Pipes | Site | Factsheet |
| Smart Vehicle for Inspection of Pressurized Water Mains | Site | |
| Wireless sensor networks for real-time continuous monitoring and assessment of water and wastewater pipes | Site | Factsheet |
| Concrete Structures | ||
| Decision-Support Software for Life Prediction and Rehabilitation of Concrete Bridge Decks | Site | Factsheet |
| Early-Age Cracking of Concrete in Bridge Barrier Walls | Site | |
| Evaluation of Corrosion-Inhibiting Systems on the Vachon Bridge in Laval, QC | Site | Factsheet |
| Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance of MMFX 2 Steel Reinforcement Used in Concrete structures | Site | Factsheet |
| Galvanic Cathodic Protection of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders | Site | Factsheet |
| Galvanic Coupling Between Stainless Steel and Carbon Steel Reinforcements in Concrete Structures | Site | Factsheet |
| Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability of High-Performance Concrete Structures | Site | Factsheet |
| Permanent Reference Electrode Test | Site | Factsheet |
| Performance Evaluation of Hydrophobic Concrete Slabs of the Laurier-Taché Parking Structure in Gatineau, QC | Site | Factsheet |
| Sustainability and Durability of Reinforced High-Performance Concrete Structures | Site | Factsheet |
| Road Research | ||
| Characterization of Unbound Aggregate Layers | Site | |
| Development of Performance Guidelines for the Selection of Sealants used in Pavement Maintenance | Site | Factsheet |
| Effect of Rubber-Modified Binders on Asphalt Concrete | Site | Factsheet |
| Modified Manholes | Site | |
| Restoration of Utility Cuts | Site | Factsheet |
| Urban Pavement Design and Analysis | Site |
Building Envelope and Structures [Visit main site]
| Concrete Materials and Structural Technologies | ||
| Cement-Based Nanocomposites | Site | Factsheet |
| Development of Technologies That Utilize Electrically Conductive Concrete (ECC) | Site | Factsheet |
| Model National Security Code for Buildings | Site | Factsheet |
| Performance criteria for the use of alternative supplementary cementitious materials (ASCM) in green concrete construction | Site | Factsheet |
| Supplementary Cementing Materials (SCMs) Website in support of the Climate Change Agenda | Site | Factsheet |
| Heat and Moisture Performance of Envelopes | ||
| Consortium for Moisture Management for Exterior Wall Systems | Site | |
| Durable Masonry | Site | |
| Evaluating the Effectiveness of Window/Wall Interface Details to Manage Rainwater | Site | Factsheet |
| Field assessment of the thermal characteristics of low emissivity, spectrally selective coatings on glazing systems | Site | Factsheet |
| Field testing of innovative wall and window systems | Site | |
| High-Performance Building Envelope Systems North of 60o | Site | Factsheet |
| hygIRC 1-D: hygrothermal modeling tool | Site | |
| Maintenance Management of Building Facades using a Geographical Information System (GIS) | Site | Factsheet |
| Monitoring the Long-Term Performance of the Peace Tower | Site | Factsheet |
| Mould Growth in Buildings | Site | |
| Performance Guidelines for Basement Envelope Systems and Materials | Site | |
| Rain Penetration and Moisture Management of Claddings | Site | Factsheet |
| Wall Energy Rating of Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulated Wall Assemblies | Site | Factsheet |
| Whole-Building Heat, Air and Moisture Flows | Site | Factsheet |
| Performance of Roof Systems and Insulation | ||
| Consortium for Moisture Management for Exterior Wall System | Site | |
| Envelope Retrofit of High-Rise Masonry Buildings | Site | |
| Evaluation of Innovative Single Ply Roofs Under Dynamic Wind Conditions | Site | Factsheet |
| Hygrothermal Properties of Building Materials | Site | |
| High Performance Thermal Insulation System Special Interest Group (Vacuum Insulation Panels) | Site | |
| High-Performance Thermal Insulation Systems for Buildings | Site | Factsheet |
| Performance Evaluation of Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) Roofing Membranes | Site | Factsheet |
| Seeking Partners for Research on High-Performance Stucco for Optimum Moisture Management in Exterior Walls | Site | |
| SIGDERS IV - Special Interest Group for Dynamic Evaluation of Roofing Systems Phase IV | Site | Factsheet |
| Wind-Roof Calculator on the Internet (Wind-RCI) | Site | Factsheet |
