We are happy to announce that Ascent Systems Technologies has been registered as a British Columbia business eligible for tax credits for companies engaged substantially in the R&D activity. That means private investors – individual or corporate – who invest in Ascent, will be able to receive 30% refund on their investment.
The consortium of Canadian companies, of which Ascent Systems Technologies is a part of, is chosen as one of the Round 2 winners of the Department of Defence IDEaS (Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security) Pop-Up City contest. The consortium is now advancing to the Round 3 of the contest to design and build an[…]
Ice storm in Quebec left 275,000 people without power and heating. Few weeks ago it was a cyclone Idai which was of course much more catastrophic disaster in Africa. Autonomous Mobile Energy Station (AMES) developed by Ascent Systems Technologies could prevent huge economic losses and even more importantly save many lives. Multiple modules can be deployed[…]
Too many people in the world, including in rich countries, do not have access to reliable and affordable energy source. Every year natural disasters cause devastation to infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without energy. Many die because of heat or because they don’t have access to water. Our planet is getting warmer, ocean[…]
Ascent Systems Technologies achieved a significant milestone and made an important step toward its goal of creating uninterrupted source of clean energy. On May 16, 2017 it began installation of the Integrated Thermal Hydronic System (ITHS) at the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at UBC in Vancouver. The system consists of a solar[…]
Ascent Systems Technologies became an affiliate member of the BC chapter of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC). BCCIC mission is to engage its members and others to share knowledge, build relationships, and develop their capacity towards achieving sustainable global development. One of the important goals of the BCCIC is to increase public awareness[…]
Ascent Systems Technologies (AST) collaborates with a number of strategic partners: National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) University of British Columbia (UBC) Canadian Solar Technologies (CSTI) Project Green Architecture (Projectgreen) We are always looking for and open to new partnerships.
Ascent Systems Technologies (AST) and University of British Columbia (UBC) entered into a 4-year Collaborative Research & Development (CRD) Agreement to develop Integrated Thermal Hydronic System (ITHS) with Adaptive Control. The project is funded in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. Despite significant advances in efficiency of solar technologies[…]