The Project Spotlight for Landmark Homes wouldn’t be complete without due mention to it’s project collaborators and their role in this project.

Collaborators on an GBTN team are sub-consultants or a product/service provider with a strong business connection to the design, construction, and clean technology sector. Collaborators mutually benefit from the business development, learning opportunity and relationships made that continue on to leverage new business after the project is complete.

Landmark Homes project Collaborators include: University of Alberta and SolarMax Power

How did you get involved in the SSRIA GBTN with Landmark Homes?

University of Alberta : I have been collaborating with Landmark for more than 10 years on many exciting projects to improve the energy efficiency of residential buildings and the renewable integration to buildings. This project is another exciting project that we are happy to be working with Landmark on. -Mustafa Gul

University of Alberta : I have been collaborating with Landmark on several projects on energy-efficient buildings. -Yuxiang Chen

SSRIA connects members on projects with the intent of bringing together the strengths of industry. Check out our members listing to see who you could network with by joining SSRIA, including members like University of Alberta and SolarMax Power featured on this months collaborator spotlight.

What does it mean to you be a project collaborator and what value do you add?

University of Alberta: It means to bring a unique perspective, skill set, and vision to the table. For this specific project, I hope my collaborators will agree that I add value by developing analytical and experimental techniques for analysis of the community shared solar PV (CSS-PV) systems. -Mustafa Gul

University of Alberta : The field data gathered from those project help in proving novel concepts and technologies. Through data analysis, we can assess the actual energy performance of the project buildings and can use the data for faults detection and diagnostics in building operations, such malfunction of heating devices. -Yuxiang Chen

What do you think you will gain from your participation in the project?

University of Alberta: With my participation, we will be able to evaluate the performance of CSS-PV systems, develop machine learning methods to predict their generations, and optimize their design based on household energy demand. -Mustafa Gul

University of Alberta : I get to know better the actual performance energy-efficient building technologies. -Yuxiang Chen

What do you hope the greatest project outcome will be?

University of Alberta: Gaining a better understanding of communities with CSS-PV and recommendations for designing CSS-PV systems efficiently and effectively. -Mustafa Gul

University of Alberta : Future buildings will be more energy efficient and cost effective. The collaboration helps facilitate the knowledge dissemination in both directions between academia and industry. -Yuxiang Chen

How will you continue to use the experience and learning’s from this project to further reduce GHG emissions in the built environment?

University of Alberta: My research has been focusing mostly on single units and buildings and this project is a great opportunity for me to bring my expertise to implement my past research findings at community scales. Similarly, I hope that the experience and understanding I gain from this project will allow me to grow the scale of my research to larger communities, cities, etc. -Mustafa Gul

University of Alberta : We can use the data from the project to improve our numerical models and hence to have more accurate predictions on the energy performance of different building designs and innovative technologies. -Yuxiang Chen