Residential Thermal Resilience Research Affiliate - Research Affiliate Program

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Assessment accommodation

Duties

As part of your work you will:
1. Quantify the uncertainty and identify key factors associated with modelling thermal resilience of the housing stock (new and existing) in Canada.
2. Evaluate the efficacy and capital cost of various mitigation strategies for thermal resilience in Canada. Efficacy will consider the balance of impacts on energy efficiency/carbon emissions, resilience during the heating season, and resilience during the cooling season. Due to the focus of this project on resilience to power failures, considered mitigation strategies will be limited to passive measures.
3. Investigate metrics for quantifying thermal resilience and report on how these metrics can be integrated into future building codes.
4. Investigate features and capabilities required for future analysis tools that industry could use to evaluate building code compliance with respect to thermal resilience.
As part of your work you will:
5. Quantify the uncertainty and identify key factors associated with modelling thermal resilience of the housing stock (new and existing) in Canada.
6. Evaluate the efficacy and capital cost of various mitigation strategies for thermal resilience in Canada. Efficacy will consider the balance of impacts on energy efficiency/carbon emissions, resilience during the heating season, and resilience during the cooling season. Due to the focus of this project on resilience to power failures, considered mitigation strategies will be limited to passive measures.
7. Investigate metrics for quantifying thermal resilience and report on how these metrics can be integrated into future building codes.
8. Investigate features and capabilities required for future analysis tools that industry could use to evaluate building code compliance with respect to thermal resilience.

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter "In your cover letter, explain how you are suited to perform PhD level research on thermal resilience in housing in Canada. Keep the cover letter under one page."

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:
-Bachelors degree in engineering or similar.
-Being accepted (or currently in) a PhD program in engineering for Winter 2024 in a Canadian university with thesis topic related to thermal resilience (or willing to change thesis topic to thermal resilience).

Degree equivalency

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
-Knowledge of building physics.
-Knowledge of building energy simulation.

In the context of student recruitment in the Federal Public Service, the experience can be acquired through the studies, work experience, or volunteer activities.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

-Knowledge of EnergyPlus.
-Knowledge of coding in python.
-Communication skills.
-Knowledge of Building Codes.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - NOTE: Each student hired through the Research Affiliate Program (RAP) must meet the security requirements of the position as a condition of employment, and therefore will be asked by the hiring organization to complete security-relevant documents.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

We expect for the successful candidate to work on their thesis while working at NRCan. NRCan will be providing supervision and guidance in collaboration with your home university's supervisor. NRCan will be providing the work plan and topics for research. Don't hesitate to contact the responsible manager for additional information.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice.

A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Preference

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.