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- Campus Wellbeing Project: Deans’ Strategic Funded project studying University of Toronto campus buildings, using modified tools from the ongoing WBE Program projects.
- University of Toronto Residence (unnamed): a University of Toronto campus student residence used as a site of research for the PWBE/ CWBE, and Campus Wellbeing projects
- CHH: CityHousing Hamilton, social housing provider in Hamilton, Ontario.
- CMHC: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, a Canadian Crown Corporation to help Canadians meet their housing needs, champion research and advise on the housing industry.
- Co-I: Co-investigator in a SSHRC grant application.
- CWBE: Community Wellbeing in the Built Environment project
- DSF: Deans’ Strategic Fund (University of Toronto)
- Ken Soble Tower: site of research for PWBE/ CWBE projects. Postwar tower senior’s social housing, with Passive House Canada (EnerPHit) retrofit.
- PRE: Pre-occupancy Evaluation. An evaluation of a building’s performance prior to a retrofit or new build.
- POE: Post-Occupancy Evaluation: An evaluation of a building’s performance after a retrofit or new build has been in operation.
- PI: Principal Investigator in a SSHRC grant application.
- PWBE: Practicing Wellbeing in the Built Environment project
- Retrofit: an existing building or part of a building that has been modified or updated in some way. Noun, verb
- SBEPA: The Sustainable Built Environment Performance Assessment research hub
- SSHRC: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- SSHRC Insight grant: grant to meet the goals of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Program.
- SSHRC Insight Development grant: grant to meet the goals of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Program.
- TRCA: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, one of 36 Conservation Authorities in Ontario, created to safeguard and enhance the health and well-being of watershed communities through the protection and restoration of the natural environment and the ecological services the environment provides.
- U of T: University of Toronto, a Canadian University with campuses in Toronto, Mississauga, and Scarborough, Ontario
- VERis: Viessmann Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability
- WBE: Wellbeing in the Built Environment (Umbrella overall research program that includes and informs PWBE, CWBE, CMHC POE, and Campus Wellbeing projects)
- YWCA: Young Women’s Christian Association. The YWCA research site used in the WBE Program (PWBE/ CWBE projects) is the Putman Family YWCA in Hamlton, Ontari