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RESEARCH
Research falls broadly into two categories: pure and applied.
- Pure Research seeks to develop pure scientific knowledge
and is generally done at universities or institutes.
- Applied Research encompasses all other research including
product verification, technology application and development, and
knowledge application.
This type of research is the heart of industrial product development
for Canada and internationally. Applied research is done by industries
looking for application of proprietary knowledge and, increasingly,
by Canadian community colleges.
Colleges, like Seneca College, have the intellectual and
practical capacity to do Applied Research as partners to industry.
As part of the new Applied Degree programs, Seneca is eager to engage
in research that focuses on brownfields and urban sustainability.
- Currently Seneca's Centre for the Built Environment is engaged
in a green roof project, prototyping a new wind turbine for energy
generation and a more theoretical project evaluating the benefits
of public participation to brownfields redevelopment.
Seneca College has a strong commitment to developing the infrastructure
and human capacity needed to engage in applied research. This enhances
our capacity for innovation and our ability to develop strong research
skills in faculty, staff and students. The Offi ce of Research and
Innovation was created in 2003 to establish Seneca College as a national
leader in applied research and advanced applied education in Canada.
Listed below are examples of applied research projects at Seneca
College:
Built Environment Research
- Residential Desiccant Dehumidification – This project
examines the ability of a desiccant dehumidification device to lower
facility humidity with consequent lowering of electrical demand
for air conditioning. In
partnership with Enbridge Gas and Ontario’s Centre of Excellence
for Earth and Environmental Technologies
- Sustainable High-rise Residential Building Model –
This project examines a 4-D high-rise model. Under the guidance
of faculty, students survey the model and recommend a second stage
to develop a live, interactive
high-rise building model for studying multiple sustainable features.
In partnership with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
(CMHC) and Minto Developments
- Small Scale Wind Turbine – There are two aspects of
this project: (i) examining the working capacity and safety of a
four-blade small wind turbine for mounting and analysis in 2007,
and (ii) mounting a wind turbine as
part of a prototype piece of urban public art. In partnership with
the Canadian Institute for Steel Construction
- Porous Pavement Project – The project analyzes the
onsite water distributing capacity of the porous pavement treatment
of a parking lot alongside a traditional non-porous pavement parking
lot. In partnership with the Toronto Region Conservation Authority,
Environment Canada, Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation and Wal-Mart Canada
- LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification
of the Earth Rangers Centre – Seneca faculty and students
conduct research to provide data in support of the LEED certifi
cation of the Earth Rangers Centre at the Kortright Conservation
Centre in Woodbridge, Ontario. In partnership with Enermodal Engineering
and the Cement Association of Canada
- Neighbourhood Design Project – This project examines
options for sustainable neighbourhood designs of new communities.
In partnership with Wessex Institute of Technology (U.K.), University
of Siena (Italy), Tartu
University (Estonia) and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Brownfield Best Practices Matrix – This research creates
a best practices matrix system for brownfi eld development. In partnership
with the University of Toronto, University of Windsor and the Ontario
Centres of Excellence
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