Technology Roadmap for Intelligent Buildings
Background

In the fall of 1999, the Federal Interdepartmental Forum on Construction Technology, which has representatives from the departments of the Government of Canada with a major interest in construction innovation issues, identified the lack of understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the general area of intelligent building technologies as a significant national issue. This led to the proposal to create the Technology Roadmap for intelligent building technologies.

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) was approached by Industry Canada to determine if private industry would participate actively in such an initiative. CABA confirmed strong industry support, and offered to bring together major industry players in a steering committee. Assured of industry support, Industry Canada (IC), the National Research Council (NRC), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) undertook to support the project.

The Steering Committee, facilitated by CABA with representation from industry and the sponsoring federal government agencies was formed, as follows:

• McElwain, Kirk, IBM Canada (now Technical Director at CABA) Committee Chair, Technology Roadmap Project
• Barr, David, Technology Roadmap Project Manager, Continental Automated Buildings Association
• Wallace, Brian, Industry Canada, Contract Authority for Federal Government
• Balmes, Brian, Siemens Energy and Automation Inc.
• Balsamo, Sam, Tridel Corporation
• Choinière, Daniel, Natural Resources Canada
• Cuddy, David, Nortel Networks (now at Natural Convergence Inc.)
• DelZotto, Andrew, Tridel Corporation
• Handfield, Louis, Hydro-Québec
• Harris, Lorraine, Honeywell Limited
• Hetherington, Winston, Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Krymalowski, Morris, Industry Canada
• Le Bel, Celyn, Hydro-Québec
• Lecourt, Paul, Bell Canada
• Lim, Edwin, Honeywell Limited
• Marshall, Sandra, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• Norris, Chris, National Research Council/Institute for Research in Construction
• Parent, Denis, Hydro-Québec
• Storie, Dwight, Siemens Energy and Automation Inc.
• Stylianou, Meli, Natural Resources Canada
• Zimmer, Ronald, Continental Automated Buildings Association

Following a competitive bidding process, a contract was issued to IBI Group to undertake the Technology Roadmap project, managed by CABA staff under the guidance of the Steering Committee. The IBI Group assigned the following staff to the project:

• Spitzer, Frank, Principal Project Research Engineer
• Bebenek, Kevin, Project Manager
• Burnie, Erik, Research Assistant
• Koutsoulias, Virginia, Research Assistant