Projects & Grants

Always as Principal Investigator (PI) if not mentioned differently (in those case, Dr. Berardi acted as co-PI)

1. NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) DISCOVERY GRANT, "Innovative advanced building coatings", CND$ 247,400, 2023- 2027

2. Mitacs Accelerate Proposal-partnership, partner organization QEA Tech Inc.,, "Improving the tools for assessment and analysis of energy losses through building envelopes using Infrared Thermography (IRT), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAV), and Artificial Intelligence (AI)", CAD$15,000, 2021-2022

3. Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Building Science, $600,000 (plus "other contribution" for $713,877, for overall total of $1,313,877), 2021-2026

4. Russian Federation Grant at Great Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg  (8th stage, http://p220.ru/en/contests/8-contest/), 90 million rubles (1M US$), 2020-2023

5. Partenariato NEST - Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition, Member of the Spoke 7 "Smart sector integration", PNRR MUR – M4C2 – Investimento 1.3,2022-2025

6. National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing –  Member of the Spoke 9, PNRR MUR – M4C2 – Investimento 1.4, Spoke 9, 2022-2025

7. Sustainable Mobility Center (Centro Nazionale per la Mobilità Sostenibile – CNMS) MOST -  Member of the Spoke 2 PNRR MUR – M4C2 – Investimento 1.4, 2022-2025

8. NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Alliance plus OCE-VIP, "Aerial thermography operation for energy-saving estimated using AI algorithms", $75,600, 2021

9. Mitacs Research Training Award (RTA), Innovative facades systems, $6,000, 2020

10. NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Research Tools and Instruments, Walking dual climate chamber (2C) for building envelope testing, $222,378, 2020-2021

11. Ryerson Learning and Teaching Grant office, "Student Engagement in Environmental Simulation", (co-PI, PI is Dr. T. Peters) $7,400, 2020-2021

12. Canada-India “Cyber-Physical Systems to Support Green Buildings in Smart Cities”, "Metamaterial walls for improved acoustic performance in green building" -  industrial partner Wilrep Inc., $300,000 (of which $180,000 is the "Canadian portion" funded to the PI), 2020-2022, https://ic-impacts.com/news-events/dst-awards/  

13. IDEAS Pop-up City Contest, Canadian Department of National Defence’s (DND) Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS), Technical domain: A – Energy management, 2019-2020, $10,000 (Phase I  winner) https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/programs/defence-ideas/current-opportunities/contest-pop-up-city.html 

14. Mitacs accelerator, post-doc, Air Quality and Heat-Related Health (and Death) Effects of Increasing Green areas: the case study of the Greenbelt’s Urban River Valleys, $55,000, 2020-2021

15. Korea-Canada NRF Research, Development of novel high-performance insulation with biochar/PCM based thermal energy storage composites, $60,000, 2019-2021

16. Mitacs accelerator, Exterior finish coatings for building façade applications combined with phase change materials and thermochromic paint, $15,000, https://www.mitacs.ca/en/projects/exterior-finish-coatings-building-facade-applications-combined-phase-change-materials-and, 2019-2020

17. Ryerson Health Research Fund 2019, “Effects of high temperature on air quality, human health and heat-related mortality in the Greater Toronto Area”, $7,000, 2019-2020

18. 2019 Internal Equipment Grant, “Optical tools for studying the solid state”, (PI: Dr. Bryan Koivisto - co-PI: Dr. Berardi) Awarded: $ 18,291.87, 2019-2020

19. Mitacs Accelerate Proposal-partnership, Industrial partner with KPMB Architects, Outdoor Micro-climate Analysis for Enhancing Architectural Project Designs, CAD$15,000, 2019-2020

20. Canada Foundation for Innovation - Innovation Fund 2020, “Smart Campus Integration and Testing Lab” (PI: prof. Jenn McArthur, this is a campus wide proposal involving Ten professors at Ryerson), $900,000, 2019-2021

21. NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Strategic Partnership Grants for Networks, Smart Solar Buildings and Communities Strategic Network (co-PI, Lead PI proff. Andreas Athienitis and Liam O'Brien), 2019-2024

22. Dean Pedagogical Innovation Fund 2019, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Project "Experiential Comfort Assessments: innovative ways for learning comfort-oriented design principles", (CAD$24,000), 2019-2020

23. GreenBelt Research Contract, Examining the Role of Green Infrastructure and the Greenbelt’s Urban River Valleys in Building Resilience to Climate Change and the Impacts of Extreme Heat, (CAD$25,000), 2019

24. Undergraduate Research Experience (DRF-URE) Ryerson University, Universal Thermal Climate Index, (CAD$6,700) 2019.

25. E-mobility and sustainable materials and technologies EMMAT (co-PI, Lead P.I. :prof. Tomasz Kisilewicz, Cracow University), total award 467.000 €, project nr. PI/APM/2018/1/00027/U/001. International Academic Partnership financed by National Agency for Academic Exchange of Poland, 2018-2020

26. Ontario Center for Excellence - VIP I (Voucher for Innovation and Productivity) + NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Engage, Program Project # 31097, “Additive Manufacturing for Advanced and Sustainable Sound Control Systems” with Wilrep, (CAD$75,000), 2018-2019

27. Scientific research mission to Korea (visiting 7 Korean Universities and giving 9 Invited Speeches) , Research Exchange Grant awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, December 2018,  https://ambseoul.esteri.it/ambasciata_seoul/it/ambasciata/news/dall-ambasciata/2018/08/risultati-selezione-per-l-assegnazione_1.html

28. CFI (Canada Foundation for Innovation) - JELF (John R. Evans Leaders Fund), BeTOP – Building efficiency: Testing, Operation and Performance of advanced building systems, (CAD$377,000 External funds + $170,000 Ryerson funds), 2017-2019, https://www.innovation.ca/about/press-release/ensuring-canadian-universities-and-researchers-achieve-science-excellence#Ryerson

29. Research project for the Alberta Minister of Infrastructure, Gymnasium reverberation and angle of incidence absorption study, (CAD$20,000), 2018

30. Ontario-China Young Scientist Exchange Program (YSEP), Visiting Exchange Faculty promoted by the Ontario Government to 5 professors from Ontario, Visit of several universities in Beijing, with main allocation to the Tsinghua University, Beijing, September 2017

31. Ryerson Creative Fund (co-PI with prof. V. Hui), Architectonics using destructive interference acoustics [AUDIA-PROJECT], (CAD$10,000), 2017-2018

32. Ontario MRIS, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, Early Researcher Awards (ERA), Advanced building systems integrating phase change materials and aerogels, (CAD$190,000), 2017-2020

33. NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Engage (co-PI; PI: prof. F. Berruti from University of Western Ontario), Charcrete: incorporation of bio-char in concrete for carbon sequestration and improved physical and acoustic properties, (CAD$25,000), Program Project #505939, 2017

34. Ontario Center for Excellence - VIP I (Voucher for Innovation and Productivity) + NSERC Engage, Program Project #27195 - “Optimization of the Effective Performance of New Foam-based Building Insulation”, (CAD$75,000), 2017-2018

35. NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Discovery Grant - Development of Advanced Building Systems with PCM, VIP, and AEROGEL, ($160,000), 2016 - 2021 

36. Center Urban Research of Ryerson (co-PI with prof. G. Kapelos) “Heat!” – testing design approaches to mitigate excessive heat exposure for vulnerable populations in Toronto apartment buildings, (CAD$7500), 2016-2017

37. Dean Teaching Fund, Virtual Acoustic Trip Laboratory, (CAD$20,000), 2016-2017

38. Undergraduate Research Experience (DRF-URE), Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science (FEAS) award, (CAD$6,700), Modelling thermal storage tanks, 2016

39. British Columbia Housing - Homeowner Protection Office (BC-HPO) - Building Excellence Research and Education Grants Program, (CAD$20,000), 2016

40. Ryerson Equipment Competition: Thermal Conductivity Measurements in the Building Science Lab, (CAD$16,400), 2015-2016

41. Dean Research Fund DRF-TOOLS: airflow resistivity of innovative materials, 2015-2016

42. Start-up fund: Nanotechnologies in Building Systems: thermal, acoustic, and lighting characterization, (CAD$20,000), 2014-2017 

43. Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science (FEAS) Undergraduate Research Experience (DRF-URE) award, (CAD$6,700), UHI in Toronto, 2015

44. Virtual Acoustic Trip: learning and teaching architectural acoustics by listening to a room, Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund (LTEF) Ryerson, 2015, http://ryerson.ca/lt/grants/ltef/past_projects/index.html

45. Policy Guidelines for Increasing Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Toronto: An Analysis of the Urban Microclimate, Centre for Urban Research and Land Development (CUR), (CAD$7,500)2015, http://www.ryerson.ca/content/ryerson/cur/research/project_berardi.html http://www.ryerson.ca/cur/publications/project_berardi/

46. Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education, (US$20,000), 2014-2016

47. Amplificatore sociale di impresa  2012-2015, Fundend by "Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca" – PON04a3_00423 - Smart Cities and Communities and Social innovation - giovani di eta' inferiore a 30 anni, (300,000 €, with €240,000 public fund contribution), http://www.amplita.it/ -  http://www.ponrec.it/open-data/progetti/scheda-progetto?ProgettoID=5535#Descrizione

48. NESEA Design Competition Design, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association  -  Winning Project to Study Cost-effective Super-insulated and Net-zero Energy Building with high aesthetic value,  203-2014, (US$4,000), http://www.neseastudentdesigncompetition.org/

49. Solar Decathlon China 2013, Funded by U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Energy of China, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and several private companies, http://solatriumhouse.org/  (Interview), (US$300,000 overall project cost),

50. Sinergreen - Res Novae - 2013-2015, Smart Energy Master per il governo energetico del territorio (Reti, edifici, strade – nuovi obiettivi virtuosi per l’ambiente e l’energia),” – CUP D91H12000040005 (Fundend by "Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca" – PON04a2_E) - http://www.ponrec.it/open-data/progetti/scheda-progetto?ProgettoID=5837  Contratto n.20 - 2014 Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management (DMMM) - Politecnico di Bari, “Mappatura, audit energetici e gestione di edifici pubblici per lo sviluppo di modelli ottimizzati di gestione energetica”.

51. Danfoss - Innovation Contest 2011-2012, (US$5,000), Electro-active polymer for active-sound insulation treatments, http://www.polypower.com/technology/overview/videos/videos.htm

52. CIB (International Council for Building ) Working Group 116 (Smart and Sustainable Built Environment), 2012, sponsored project on Measuring Urban Sustainability, (€2,000), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFGbt0I1_Ds&feature=youtu.be