Dr. Boualem Ouazia is a Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council Canada, with a strong expertise in the areas of residential and commercial buildings HVAC, ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ). He has led several research and applied R&D projects (>45 projects) related to HVAC systems, Ventilation/air distribution systems, heat and energy recovery ventilation systems, smart ventilation, Northern housing, thermal comfort, field intervention and monitoring techniques. Dr. Ouazia has been a community infrastructure thrust lead for NRC’s Arctic Program (2015-2020) to lead research related to ventilation of Northern Housing, and now he is the Housing Theme, Technical Lead for the new NRC’s Arctic and Northern Challenge program. Dr. Ouazia is very active on the national and international stage through a robust record of publications as well as a full range of technology transfer activities.