Natural Resources committee  I will try to answer in a general way. Mr. Nightingale may have specific examples to give you later. In the area of commercialization, our role is to support companies that are active and want to do commercialization, such as the industrial research assistance program, IRAP, wh

Natural Resources committee  I'm not sure I understand the question. In terms of a standard of return on investment, it depends on the case. It depends on the industry. We work in such a broad sector.

Natural Resources committee  Trevor is directly in the construction sector all the time.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for your question and positive comments about the NRC. We are always happy to ensure a presence in the regions. In terms of recommendations to that effect, I don't think we've done it formally. It is always very important in our field to have access to solid data. Mr.

Natural Resources committee  It's an excellent question, absolutely. We make sure that we engage with our partners on terms that will satisfy our partners. If we work with a private company, it will remain confidential. They are the clients. They pay, so they decide. When it comes to our own work, of cours

Natural Resources committee  It's to engage the value chain, making sure that the whole sector can actually engage and look in real time at these results and then move that out to the market.

Natural Resources committee  I would have to go back to our main mandate. Our main mandate is to push the envelope, develop knowledge that's available so that there is evidence, scientific data that others can use to make decisions. Having said that, I guess in answer to your question, it really depends on

Natural Resources committee  They haven't specifically on the question of a carbon tax. We are in constant conversations with NRCan, Environment Canada and PSPC on questions of energy efficiency, demonstrating or testing new technologies and new approaches, and doing life-cycle analysis on buildings. Trevor

Natural Resources committee  Technically, we don't make recommendations. We support the national commission on building and fire codes from an administration point of view. We manage meetings on all these things, but most significantly, we convene the best brains to answer the questions that are being posed

Natural Resources committee  The simple answer is all levels. If I may be a little bit simplistic, I'll tell you that a strong difference between NRCan and us is that we are sort of the operational arm. We don't do policy and regulation. We don't enforce. We do actual work, and we work, as I mentioned in my

Natural Resources committee  We have worked with local Inuit corporations in transferring some technology or testing some heating ventilation assets, for example, in housing in the north. We've done some specific projects, but we also are working at updating the national model codes to make sure that they wi

Natural Resources committee  There are different things we can do, and there are different actions we are taking. You know, of course, that teaching and education are not part of our mandate, but we do ensure that we work with colleges and universities to make sure that the students are exposed to that. We w

Natural Resources committee  Well, the best bit was coming. I was going to say that when we issue new national model codes, we also ensure there's a training aspect to it. We do seminars across the country and webinars, and we go out. For example, for a building inspector, we make sure they understand the ch

Natural Resources committee  To go back to what Trevor was saying, there's no simple answer. I guess it depends on the situation. Is it a commercial building? Is it residential?

Natural Resources committee  I would have to go back to, basically, a discourse, whether it's for business or operation. You need to look at the business case and the expected outcomes. I'd add that what's key is looking at life cycle analysis or cost of operation, and not just at capital costs. Oftentimes i