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Energy Impact Assessment of Occupant-Related Assumptions of the National Building Code of Canada
Building codes offer a promising opportunity to help ensure high-performance buildings through efficient building design and construction practices. Given that human behaviour is increasingly recognized as essential in building energy use, the validity of occupant-related assumptions in the building code and the energy performance modelling tools used to demonstrate code compliance are central concerns. This research’s main objective is to quantify the energy impact of occupant-related assumptions in the National Building Code (NBC) of Canada compared to new and emerging data sources. Four occupant-related assumptions are investigated with 11 residential building archetype models in different Canadian climates to assess their impact on annual energy use. Our analysis indicates that using the NBC occupant-related assumptions yields higher energy demand than the new and emerging data sources analyzed. Therefore, the findings presented in this study illustrate a need for revising the current occupant-related assumptions in building codes.
Energy Impact Assessment of Occupant-Related Assumptions of the National Building Code of Canada
Building codes offer a promising opportunity to help ensure high-performance buildings through efficient building design and construction practices. Given that human behaviour is increasingly recognized as essential in building energy use, the validity of occupant-related assumptions in the building code and the energy performance modelling tools used to demonstrate code compliance are central concerns. This research’s main objective is to quantify the energy impact of occupant-related assumptions in the National Building Code (NBC) of Canada compared to new and emerging data sources. Four occupant-related assumptions are investigated with 11 residential building archetype models in different Canadian climates to assess their impact on annual energy use. Our analysis indicates that using the NBC occupant-related assumptions yields higher energy demand than the new and emerging data sources analyzed. Therefore, the findings presented in this study illustrate a need for revising the current occupant-related assumptions in building codes.
Energy Impact Assessment of Occupant-Related Assumptions of the National Building Code of Canada
Environ Sci Eng
Wang, Liangzhu Leon (editor) / Ge, Hua (editor) / Zhai, Zhiqiang John (editor) / Qi, Dahai (editor) / Ouf, Mohamed (editor) / Sun, Chanjuan (editor) / Wang, Dengjia (editor) / Abdeen, Ahmed (author) / O’Brien, William (author) / Gunay, Burak (author)
International Conference on Building Energy and Environment ; 2022
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment ; Chapter: 90 ; 839-850
2023-09-05
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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