Awards

In October 2022, Harveer Singh Takhar received the Jeffrey L. Bruce International Research Award at the Cities Alive conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for his thesis titled ‘An Experimental Field Study On The Thermal & Water Balance Performance Of Vegetated Roof Systems’.

BCIT Smart Microgrid Research Team (SMART) has received the Electricity Human Resources Canada Award for Innovation in Human Resources Practices. The Electricity Human Resources Canada’s (EHRC) annual Awards of Excellence recognizes and highlights the outstanding achievements of those at the forefront of industry HR best practices and leadership.

BCIT Applied Research received Gold in the Applied Research and Innovation Excellence category of the 2021 Awards of Excellence presented by Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).

The CICan Awards of Excellence recognize best practices from institutions across the country. As a Gold recipient in the Applied Research and Innovation Excellence category, BCIT Applied Research is applauded for its leadership and success in adapting and innovating to meet unprecedented challenges. In particular, BCIT Applied Research has provided students and graduates with real-world, practical learning experience while offering services and expertise to improve the productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and community partners.

The 2021 American Botanical Council (ABC) Norman R. Farnsworth Excellence in Botanical Research Award was presented to Dr. Paula Brown, Director, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Natural Health and Food Products Research Group (NRG) and Canada Research Chair, at the 16th annual Celebration and Botanical Excellence Awards Virtual Ceremony on May 25, 2021.

BCIT SMART team was awarded the 2021 ECO Canada Community Impact Award for their project on Master your EV etiquette: the Do’s and Don’ts of EV charging.

The ECO Canada Community Impact Award recognizes positive environmental projects from across the country by groups that have displayed environmental advocacy, sustainable initiatives, and skill-building.

Joey Dabell, SMART Project Leader, was presented the award at a virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, January 28, 2021.

Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre awarded BCIT Applied Research and the Smart Microgrid Applied Research Team the 2020 Cleantech Educational Institution Award at the inaugural Cleantech Awards Show at the Globe 2020 Forum in Vancouver on February 11, 2020.

The Foresight BC Cleantech Awards award program celebrates organizations and thought leaders from throughout the BC cleantech ecosystem who are making an impact in everything cleantech. We are very pleased to honour BCIT Applied Research with this award,” said Jeanette Jackson, CEO of Foresight.

The BCIT Smart Microgrid has been named a “Top 50 B.C. Innovation to Watch” in the November 2017 issue of Business in Vancouver (page 18).

The Microgrid provides electrical utilities with a testing ground to validate variations of smart grid technologies and solutions. Access to the Microgrid also gives private sector partners opportunities to incorporate microgrid technologies into their existing products or develop new portfolios of products.