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Living Labs

Community-driven electrification for a low-carbon future

Volt-Age supports Living Labs designed to tackle collective challenges through collaborations between researchers and different societal partners across the innovation cycle.

To date Volt-Age has funded six transformative, high-impact Living Labs projects to develop community-driven  electrification solutions to decarbonization.  

Join a Living Lab

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

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

2026 Living Labs Round

EXAIREOS: EXplainable Artificial Intelligence for Resilient Energy Optimization and Storage

PI: Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University)

Quebec Sustainable Social and Community Housing Living Lab

PI: Silvano De la Llata (Concordia University)

Community-Led Pathways for Affordable and Resilient Housing in Northern and Indigenous Communities

PI: Caroline Hachem-Vermette (Concordia University)

2025 Living Labs Round

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 Living Lab applications were evaluated using a transparent and equitable process.

Review the evaluation process

Volt-Age is funded by a $123-million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

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