Hydro Quebec research investment. Workplace environmental controls.

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• Energy Central joins coverage of the recent announcement of a $3.9-million Hydro Quebec investment inConcordia research. The bulk of the money is being shared by the Concordia University Hydro-Québec Thales Senior Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Security, held by Mourad Debbabi, professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), the NSERC/Hydro-Québec Senior Industrial Research Chair in Design and Performance of Small Electrical Machines, held by electrical and computer engineering professor Pragasen Pillay, and the NSERC/Hydro-Québec Senior Industrial Research Chair in Optimized Operation and Energy Efficiency, held by building engineering professor Andreas Athienitis. 
• Human Resources Director picks up news of a new study from Concordia that proposes a method of automating indoor workplace environmental conditions, including temperature, air quality and lighting. The study, published in the Journal of Energy and Buildings, was led by Hashem Akbari, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, in collaboration with recent building engineering graduate Farhad Mofidi (PhD '17).

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