New Sustainable Infrastructure Institute in Regina, SK

Regina, SK is set to become a national center of excellence for work on sustainable communities with a five-year, $30-million investment in the new Communities of Tomorrow partnership.

The Communities of Tomorrow partnership will develop, demonstrate and commercialize technologies and management practices for sustainable communities. It will bring together the facilities, capabilities and capacities of the National Research Council, the University of Regina and the City of Regina in a unique "community environmental laboratory" to test and assess the applicability of existing, new, and emerging technologies and applications to sustainable community development.

The new NRC Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Research is key to the partnership. The February 2003 Federal Budget provided $10 million over five years for the NRC to establish the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Research. The research program will serve as a catalyst for the growth of a technology cluster in the region, focusing on the theme of sustainable infrastructure and environment that builds on local industry, and research and development capacity. The new centre will be closely linked to regional and national research facilities, and will be supported by NRC's Institute for Research in Construction.

This is an important development that could advance sustainable infrastructure in many communities in Canada and elsewhere around the world.

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