Cynthia Cruickshank, associate professor in the research intensive Faculty of Engineering and Design at Carleton University, has won the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) – Excellence in Education Award to honour outstanding educational contributions to sustainable practices.

The award recognizes educators who have integrated sustainable concepts in housing and community development into the academic curriculum. In addition to her ongoing research and dedication to teaching, Cruickshank’s genuine care for the future is demonstrated in her involvement with Team Ontario’s 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon project, a partnership between Carleton University, Queen’s University and Algonquin College. As a result of her involvement with the project and the success of the team, Cruickshank was invited to serve as a member of the engineering jury for the 2015 competition.

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IEA SHC Task 40/EBC Annex 52 had a large number of Network researchers and students, including the Operating Agent Josef Ayoub and the editors of an advanced book on modeling, design and optimization of NZEBs, Andreas Athienitis and Liam O'Brien.

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"Scott Bucking, Ph.D., Andreas Athienitis, Ph.D., Eng., and Radu Zmeureanu, Eng., Ph.D., receive an award for “Multi-Objective Optimal Design of a Near Net Zero Energy Solar House.”

Bucking is an Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Carleton University, Athienitis is a professor and NSERC/Hydro Quebec Industrial Research Chair & Scientific Director, NSERC SNEBRN, Concordia University, Zmeureanu is a Professor, Concordia University." - Source: ASHRAE Insights, June 2015

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K.G. Terry Hollands
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science - June, 2015

Few Canadians have contributed more to the art and science of solar energy utilization and the associated energy conservation than Terry Hollands. His work is reflected in many related commercial products, and also in the computer codes engineers use to confidently design solar products. As a professor, he excelled in training graduate students; many of his former students have gone on to make important contributions to solar energy utilization and conservation and are leaders in the field.  With degrees in Engineering Physics ( BASc, University of Toronto) and in Chemical Engineering (PhD, McGill University), his career in solar energy dates back to 1961 when he joined the national labs of the Australian Government. In 1969 Dr. Hollands joined the University of Waterloo in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. He served there until retirement in 2001, at which point he was honoured by being made Distinguished Professor Emeritus. An outstanding scholar, he has authored or co-authored 120 journal articles, 100 articles in conference proceeding, and several books, and he also served as editor-in-chief of the archival international journal Solar Energy. A Fellow of both the American and Canadian Societies of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Hollands has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Special Service Award of the International Solar Energy Society. Dr. Hollands served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the NSERC Solar Buildings Research Network and is currently Board Chair of the Board of the Smart Net-Zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network, a pan-Canadian, multi-university group that specializes in eco-friendly building research and solar energy. Both Networks are contributing to major advances of Canada in solar energy and building energy efficiency.
Source: Concordia University News