Themes & platforms
Theme I: Creating a smart, sustainable and healthy built environment
Skyscrapers, houses, walkways, roads and parks — they're all a part of the built environment. Volt-Age researchers are working toward decarbonization through sustainable architecture and by designing structures that generate more (renewable) energy than they use.
Theme 2: Building resilient community energy and transportation systems
Charging logistics, energy storage and grid cybersecurity are just a handful of the areas where Volt-Age researchers are making their mark.
Theme 3: Planning and governance for social equity and citizen engagement
We will ensure that the electrification and decarbonization of society is based on active citizen engagement and participation, with continuous two-way knowledge mobilization.
Platform A: Electrification
Connecting and integrating technologies that are at the core of our three research themes.
Platform B: Internet‐of‐Things and Digitalization
Creating a systematic framework for efficient, cybersecure, and resilient energy management.
Platform C: Living Labs and Knowledge Mobilization
Engaging communities through hands-on, participatory research and knowledge exchange.
Volt-Age is funded by a $123-million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.
