Dr. Mohamad Araji's project Monitoring Energy Flow of Urban Buildings Using Aerial Multi-Modality Imaging Audits, was recently awarded $217,500 from the New Frontiers in Research fund.
The project will involve the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), equipped with visible, thermal and hyperspectral imaging systems to estimate the energy flow of buildings in different weather conditions.
The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) supports world-leading interdisciplinary, international, high-risk / high-reward, transformative and rapid-response Canadian-led research.
The funding is part of $200 million in support announced for projects across the country through the New Frontiers in Research Fund. Campus-wide at the University of Waterloo, 10 projects are to receive a total of almost $3 million.
“Science and research are essential to solving the greatest challenges facing humanity today and in the future,” François-Philippe Champagne, the minister of innovation, science and industry, said in a media release.