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Impact Projects & Living Labs

Impact Round 2025: advancing electrification for shared prosperity

Volt-Age is supporting research that helps advance electrification and its benefits for society. Through the 2025 Impact Round, funding has been awarded to two types of projects:

  • Impact Projects focus on large-scale technological innovation.
  • Living Labs bring researchers and societal partners together to test ideas in real-world settings.

These initiatives aim to make electrification more accessible, sustainable and equitable.

Join an Impact Project

Connect with our recruiter to explore project details and available MSc/PhD roles.

Reach out: volt-age.recruitment@concordia.ca

Impact projects

Impact Projects deliver transformative innovations that push the boundaries of electrification technologies.

Design and Operation of Net-Zero Smart Resilient Buildings and Infrastructure

PI: Andreas Athienitis (Concordia University)

Securing Smart Environments

PI: Lorenzo De Carli (University of Calgary)

CES Community Energy Solutions

PI: Ursula Eicker (Concordia University)

Closing the Water-Energy-Food-Loop: Building-Integrated Aquaponic Greenhouses for All, from Remote Communities to Metropolises

PI: Bruno Lee (Concordia University)

DECODER: Digitalization for Energy-Efficiency Through Commissioning and Decarbonization Retrofits

PI: Jennifer McArthur (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Electrified Transportation, Emergency Power, and Microgrid Design for Indigenous, Remote, and Local Communities

PI: Prag Pillay (Concordia University)

Sodium-ion batteries for electrification of society: Cradle to grave

PI: Lukas Swan (Dalhousie University)

Advancing Autonomous Energy Networks in the North: Research and Development of Technologies for Extreme Cold Environments

PI: Michel Trudeau (Concordia University)

Transforming Canadian Cities: Toward Equitable and Decarbonized Urban Transportation through Electrification, Automation, Shared Use, and Transit-Oriented Development

PI: Thomas Walker (Concordia University)

Transforming Built and Urban Microclimates: Advancing Resilience Science for Vulnerable Populations in a Decarbonized and Electrified Canada

PI: Liangzhu Leon Wang (Concordia University)

Ultra-High Energy Density and Fast Charging Lithium Rechargeable Batteries for the Electrification of Society: From Lab to Market

PI: Karim Zaghib (Concordia University)

Living Labs

Living Labs bring researchers and community partners together to co-develop and test electrification solutions in everyday environments.

Creeburn Lake Lodge: A climate-land-energy-water reconciliation hub as a Living Lab for Electrification of Ecosystem monitoring and restoration (Creeburn CLEAR hub)

PI: Luis D. Virla Alvarado (University of Calgary)

Electrifying Concordia: A Living Lab on Sustainable and Community-Driven Decarbonization

PI: Damon Matthews (Concordia University)

Electrifying Montreal International Airport: A Living Lab Demonstrating Stakeholder-Driven Pathways to Decarbonization of Major Infrastructure

PI: Mohamed Ouf (Concordia University)

Evaluation and decision process

All Impact Round applications were evaluated using a transparent and equitable process.

View the evaluation and decision process

Get in touch with the Volt-Age team

volt-age@concordia.ca

Volt-Age is funded by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)

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