Considerations for Exterior and Split Insulated Net-Zero Energy Ready Wall Systems
With pressing concerns over climate change, government authorities across Canada are implementing tougher energy code requirements across numerous sectors to curb our greenhouse gas emissions. As a key driver in ...
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Playbook: Dealing with Thermal Bridging in Net-Zero Energy-Ready Building Design
This playbook provides guidance for design teams to effectively tackle thermal bridging while meeting all project goals, not just thermal performance.
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Evaluating Patterns of Building Envelope Air Leakage with Infrared Thermography
This study demonstrates a method involving qualitative and quantitative components that can be used to characterize locations of air leakage with infrared thermography.
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Latest version of the Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide provides new and timely data to help with calculations required by emerging energy codes and standards
The newest version of the Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide (BETB) is now available and is the first of four planned expansions!
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Investigating the Potential Impact of a Compartmentalization and Ventilation System Retrofit Strategy on Energy Use in High-rise Residential Buildings
Explore high-rise residential building retrofits: using compartmentalization and in-suite ventilation systems to improve indoor air quality and reduce GHG emissions.
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BC Energy Step Code Development for Public Sector Buildings
Morrison Hershfield has been retained by the Building and Safety Standards Branch of the Province of British Columbia to develop and analyze public sector building archetypes for Step Code, with ...
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Passive Cooling Measures for Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
This study of passive cooling strategies uses energy simulations to assess the reduction in overheated hours and maximum temperature in suites in multi-unit residential buildings simulated with a variety of ...
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Guiding Teams by Hygrothermal, Energy, and Thermal Comfort Analysis while Managing Uncertainty
Managing uncertainty is core to all engineering analysis of building performance. Effective solutions are established when managing the risks associated with designs are balanced with the benefits to the clients ...
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Thermal Bridging: Ignorance is not bliss
Across North America, we are seeing more stringent thermal requirements in building codes and designers are responding by increasing the amount of insulation in walls, all in an attempt to ...
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Visualizing the Pathway to Low Energy Buildings – the Real Impact of the Building Envelope
Thermally efficient building envelopes have long been recognized as a necessity for low energy buildings in heating dominated climates. Low energy buildings are not only a goal for buildings built ...
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Building Performance Library
Analyzing how all building systems function together to achieve greater energy efficiency, improved durability and optimized performance.
