Thermal Breaks and Energy Performance in High-Rise Concrete Balconies
The building sector is the largest consumer of energy in the United States and Canada – approximately 20 to 40% of primary energy use. Space conditioning makes up nearly half ...
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Thermal Performance of Building Envelope Details for Mid and High-rise Buildings (ASHRAE RP-1365)
The reduced thermal resistance due to thermal bridging through steel and concrete framing can have a significant impact on the whole building energy performance. Uncertainty about the thermal performance of ...
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Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide
This guide aims to help the B.C. construction sector realize more energy-efficient buildings by looking at current obstacles and showing opportunities to improve building envelope thermal performance. Version 1.2 expands ...
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BC Energy Step Code – 2017 Metrics Research Report (Full Report)
The full report of the comprehensive exploration of the energy, emissions and economic impacts of the BC Energy Step Code. These findings suggest that improved energy efficiency and affordability can ...
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Guide to Low Thermal Energy Demand for Large Buildings
The new guide aims to broaden the understanding of how high-rise residential buildings can meet stricter levels of performance, such as Passive House, BC Energy Step Code, City of Vancouver Zero Emission Building ...
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City of Toronto Zero Emissions Buildings Framework
As the City of Toronto adds an estimated 24,400 more people per year, the demand for both residential and non-residential developments is growing. In fact, between 2011 and 2015, the ...
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Consider Optimizing Your Gains while Undergoing the Pains of Building Envelope Renewals
Nobody likes spending large sums of money on their assets when one or more building envelope assemblies have reached the end of their service life. Yet, major renewals are inevitable ...
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Holistic Approach to Achieving Low Energy Multi-unit Residential Buildings
As codes and standards evolve towards low- or net-zero energy buildings, the practicality of achieving these targets in high-rise concrete construction gets increasingly challenging. Highrise residential buildings are becoming more ...
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Building Pathfinder
Building PathFinder leverages whole building energy modelling in an intuitive interface to educate designers, developers, planners and others on the implications of building design on energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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Drainage Capabilities and Heat Loss of Different Inverted Roof Assemblies
Energy use in buildings throughout North America has attracted significant attention over the past decade. In cold marine climates, rainwater management is also a critical aspect of the building enclosure ...
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Building Performance Library
Analyzing how all building systems function together to achieve greater energy efficiency, improved durability and optimized performance.
