Canadian Centre for Housing Technology

The Canadian Centre for Housing Technology (CCHT) is Canada's unique research, testing and demonstration resource for innovative technology in housing. The CCHT is jointly operated by the National Research Council, Natural Resources Canada, and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. CCHT's goal is to accelerate the development of new technologies and their acceptance in the marketplace.

Eligibility Criteria

This service is available to small and medium enterprises and manufacturers or proponents of emerging or new housing-related technologies.

Summary

The Canadian Centre for Housing Technology features twin research houses to evaluate the whole-house performance of new technologies in side-by-side testing. The twin houses offer an intensively monitored real-world environment with simulated occupancy to assess the performance of the residential energy technologies in secure premises. This facility was designed to provide a stepping-stone for manufacturers and developers to test innovative technologies prior to full field trials in occupied houses. In all, about 20 projects have been undertaken at CCHT, most involving innovative technologies.

As well, CCHT has an information centre, the InfoCentre which features a showroom, high-tech meeting room, and the CMHC award winning FlexHouse™ design, shown at CCHT as a demo home. The InfoCentre also features functioning state-of-the art equipment, and demo solar photovoltaic panels. There are over 50 meetings and tours at CCHT annually, with presentations and visits occurring with national and international visitors on a regular basis.

Ontario Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Mr. Mike Swinton
Research Manager
Canadian Centre for Housing Technology
National Research Council Canada
Building M-20, Room 156
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0R6
Telephone: 613-993-9708
E-mail: Mike.Swinton@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html