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GreenCentre kicks off construction for new facility
Dec. 17, 2009
Kingston, ON – GreenCentre Canada this week begins construction and renovation of its state-of-the-art facility for advancing Canada’s most promising Green Chemistry discoveries to the point that they are ready to be put into action by industry.
The 9,000 square-foot facility at Queen’s University’s Innovation Park will include lab and scale-up facilities where GreenCentre development scientists will do the work required to transform the small samples associated with university lab discoveries into green products and processes that meet the specific needs and achieve the magnitude of scale required of industry. The facility will also provide working space for the Centre’s 11 researchers and team of commercialization specialists as well as guest offices to accommodate industry or academic visitors who are lending their expertise to a particular project.
“This is the culmination of a lot of planning and work on the part of many people at GreenCentre and PARTEQ Innovations of Queen’s University with a vision for a new model of commercialization that ensures Canadians benefit from Green Chemistry breakthroughs,” says Dr. Rui Resendes, GreenCentre’s Executive Director. “We are very excited about the prospect of starting to work on some of these transformative green technologies designed to strengthen Canada’s chemical and materials industry while protecting the environment.”
GreenCentre brings together academic researchers, international industry partners and commercialization experts in a common goal of developing clean, less energy-intensive alternatives to traditional chemical products and manufacturing processes. The first of its kind in North America, the not-for-profit Centre offers an all-in-one commercialization ‘ecosystem’ that includes everything from assessment, scale-up and testing to intellectual property protection, business management and financial resources.
The new facility is scheduled to open in late spring. Founded only nine months ago and currently operating from the Biosciences Building on Queen’s campus, GreenCentre has already made significant progress in engaging both the academic community and industry.
The Centre has received more than 70 technology disclosures from researchers at universities across Canada.
GreenCentre becomes the 21st tenant of Innovation Park, a community of innovators where academic, industrial and government researchers work together to develop technological discoveries and move them to market.
“We look forward to becoming a part of this dynamic community devoted to stimulating commercialization and economic development,” says Dr. Resendes.
For additional information, please contact Communications Manager Anne Kershaw at 613-533-6000, ext. 75796 or at
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