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Parker: Calgary-based NanosTech set to transform oilsands industry

Parker: Calgary-based NanosTech set to transform oilsands industry

The benefits are expected to be great

Published Dec 18, 2023  •  Last updated Dec 18, 2023  •  3 minute read

Pedro Pereira-Almao is co-founder of NanosTech, a Calgary-based technology firm. Photo by Courtesy, NanosTech. /Postmedia Network

Calgary-based technology company NanosTech is set to transform the Alberta oilsands industry.

The company emerged from the University of Calgary’s Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy, committed to developing leading-edge catalytic solutions to the most pressing challenges facing the energy industry today.

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NanosTech was co-founded by CTO Pedro Pereira-Almao and a group of scientist colleagues as an energy transition company to help producers meet the challenges of climate change. His partners are serial entrepreneurs who have successfully taken emerging technologies to market.

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Gensler and Civilian transform Detroit post office into technology center

Gensler and Civilian transform Detroit post office into technology center

American architecture studios Gensler and Civilian have restored the historic Book Depository building in Detroit and transformed it into the headquarters for technology company Newlab.

Gensler and civilian transformed the art deco building to be usable by tech companies, adding purpose-built prototyping labs, open-plan co-working spaces and outdoor green spaces.

Gensler and Civilian transformed a post office in the 1930s into a workspace and technology center

The 270,000-square-foot (25,083 square meters) building will be used as a center for startups, entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists working in mobility technology.

The Book Depository building was originally built in 1936, designed by American architect Albert Kahn as a post office and mail-sorting facility. It was later used as a place to store books by Detroit Public Schools, from which it draws its name.

The exterior of the Book Depository building was transformed by Gensler for the Newlab Detroit headquarters
The building will be used as Newlabs Detroit headquarters

The building now includes an exhibition space, an event space, a

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