Buildings consume over half of Canada's electricity production, making the optimized operation and improvement of energy efficiency in buildings an important step towards reducing our use of carbon-based energy sources. Dr. Athienitis is an internationally recognized researcher in solar energy and building energy systems as well as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has led the establishment of two NSERC strategic research networks. He is currently the Scientific Director of the NSERC Smart Net-Zero Energy Buildings Strategic Network.

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