A team of civil engineering researchers and industry and municipal partners are working to make one of the highest-carbon dioxide producing industries much cleaner.

The funding will help the St. George Campus become climate positive by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the campus by approximately 50 percent.

Of the funding, $550,000 has been allocated to the Hybrid Timber Floor System Project led by EllisDon and DIALOG. A further $110,000 is being directed to a project to study the use of mass timber in modular applications.

The additional operations aim to help the company solidify its key role in supporting Eastern Ontario's rapidly expanding construction industry.

A new round of fundraising has brought the sustainable-building company into rare territory.