About the Smart Campus Integration Testing (SCIT) Hub
The SCITHub will not only be a centre that makes cutting-edge research possible, the building itself is part of the research. In this way, it is a living lab. This cross-institutional effort, sprawled across more than 3,200 square feet, will help develop new technologies for smart campuses and smart city solutions including energy, water, transportation, smart living and the workplace of the future.
Revolutionary & Contemporary Design
Designed to model post-2030 construction and building operations strategies.
Joint Partnership with 8 Canadian Universities
Research conducted within the Hub can also be accessed by principal users across Canada through a shared Data Commons, including complementary research conducted at the Universities of New Brunswick and Victoria’s respective remote sites.
Integrates sustainable technology with novel building solutions
Purpose-built to showcase state-of-the-art low-carbon HVAC technologies integrated with power management, lighting, security, and IT/communication systems.
Living Labs to Test Control Strategies
This facility is intended to achieve net-zero carbon operation, and includes three different all-electric systems that can be compared side-by-side in the test cells. Currently, there are no facilities with the diversity of integrated systems that support predictive control strategy testing in a controlled environment. While research ethics also constrains the use of TMU's existing buildings as “living labs,” SCITHub provides a venue where Graduate students can develop and test next-generation strategies to improve buildings performance and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Its specially-designed test cells also permit new resilience and post-disaster recovery strategies to be developed and validated.
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Professor and Hydro One Endowed Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
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Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, York University
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Associate Professor, Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering, Carleton University
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Professor, Civil Engineering and Director of the BIM TOPiCs Lab, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of New Brunswick
Other TMU Faculty include:
Seth Dworkin
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor and Tier 2 CRC in High Performance Computing for Sustainable Energy
Alan Fung
Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor
Zaiyi Liao
Architectural Science Professor
Ali Miri
Computer Science
Pamela Robinson
Urban and Regional Planning Associate Professor and Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning
Ahmed Shaker
Civil Engineering Associate Professor
Frequently Asked Questions
We anticipate the building will begin being used for research in fall 2025, beginning with Smart Commissioning related research activities.
Yes. The ScitHub Operations Committee processes facility booking requests. Stay tuned!
The cells are available to rent either individually or in pairs for equipment testing, validation, and other industry-driven research.
An online form will be used to collect SCITHub research outcomes once the facility is operational.