The Canadian Building Energy End-use Data and Analysis Centre (CBEEDAC) is a research centre responsible for improving knowledge and accessibility of building energy data for the Canadian residential, commercial, and institutional sectors. CBEEDAC (pronounced Cee-Bee-Dak) is one of the three Data & Analysis Centres supported by Natural Resources Canada as part of the National Energy Use Database initiative.

Core Objectives

The core objectives of the Centre are:

1. To identify and catalogue relevant sources of energy end-use data and relevant literature and to assess deficiencies therein,
2. To establish, maintain and disseminate relevant databases,
3. To complete economic, statistical and technical analysis of energy end-use and energy-use technologies, and
4. To build capacity through the development of a centre of expertise that will serve as a point of contact for sponsors and interested parties, and that will focus on the advancement of the training of business and economics graduate students in the area of residential, commercial and institutional energy end-use analysis.

For more details on our activities, you can download the brochure.

Scope of work

CBEEDAC works on issues related to the energy consumption in buildings and the factors influencing it. Specifically, the topics covered by CBEEDAC's expertise include the:

• Energy consumed in buildings and the factors influencing energy efficiency
• Energy-related practices and behaviour of households, building managers, owners, builders, occupants
• Building and environmental awareness
• Purchase and utilization of appliances and energy equipment (furnace, fridge…)
• Physical characteristics of buildings and their effects on energy use
• Billing of energy consumption and various topics related to utility companies
• Energy-related renovations and investments
• Effectiveness, measured or estimated, of government programs and other policies for reducing energy use in buildings
• Energy price evolution, awareness and the responsiveness of demand to energy price changes
• Organization of energy markets

Who We Are

Director - David Ryan

P. (780) 492-5942
F. (780) 492-3300
E. david.ryan@ualberta.ca

• Professor - Department of Economics, University of Alberta.
• Applied econometrician working predominantly on econometric specification and estimation, particularly of demand and cost systems.
• Focus of much of this work pertains to energy use – a number of these papers have dealt with demand patterns in the residential (and commercial) sectors.
• Recent work includes a number of publications in international journals that concern the imposition of curvature restrictions in demand systems so that the flexibility of the functional specification is maintained, and on developing new specifications of demand systems.

Link to: David Ryan's University of Alberta web page

Associate Director - Denise Young

Department of Economics
8-14 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
T6G 2H4
P. (780) 492-7626
F. (780) 492-3300
E. denise.young@ualberta.ca

• Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta.
• Areas of specialization include applied econometrics and the economics of natural resources.

Link to: Denise Young's University of Alberta web page

Associate Director - André Plourde

Department of Economics
8-14 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
T6G 2H4
P. (780) 492-3306
F. (780) 492-3300
E. andre.plourde@ualberta.ca

• Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta.
• Research interests focus on energy economics and Canadian energy policy issues.

Link to: André Plourde's University of Alberta web page

Associate Director - Joseph Doucet

School of Business
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
T6G 2R6
P. (780) 492- 4257
F. (780) 492- 3325
E. joseph.doucet@ualberta.ca

• Professor in the School of Business, University of Alberta.
• Research interests focus on energy economics and Canadian energy policy issues.

Link to: Joseph Doucet's University of Alberta web page

Executive Director - Lucie Maruéjols

Department of Economics
8-14 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
T6G 2H4
P. (780) 492-4134
F. (780) 492-3300
E. lucie.maruejols@ualberta.ca

• M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Montréal.
• Recent research work with CBEEDAC includes analysis of the factors driving energy consumption and "green" behavior in the residential sector.
• Administrative responsibilities and day to day activities of the Centre.

 

Graduate Students/Research Assistants

Each year CBEEDAC hires two graduate students from among those registered in graduate programs in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta on a part-time basis during the fall and winter university terms (September to April). These students work on various research activities and projects relevant to the Centre’s core objectives. During the summer months, CBEEDAC typically hires graduate and in some cases honours undergraduate students on a full-time or part-time basis.

 

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