Cynthia Cruickshank
Director, Center for Advanced Building Research (CABER)
Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank is a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University. She received her Ph.D. (2009) and B.A.Sc. (2003) degrees at Queen’s University. She is the Principal Investigator and Director of the $5.1M Carleton University Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research (CU-CABER). Her research focuses on the optimization of advanced building energy systems for high-performance buildings, including energy-efficient insulation materials, solar-assisted heat pumps, and thermal storage. With many collaborations with industry and government, since 2010, she has been a member of the Canadian Home Builders Association Technical Research Committee. Dr. Cruickshank has collaborated with CSALT on advising and testing biogenic insulation materials (cellulose and hemp) and is currently involved in our window retrofit proposal.
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