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Proceedings of eSim 2006: 4th Conference of IBPSA-Canada

     

COMMERCIAL BUILDING INCENTIVE PROGRAM'S USE OF SIMULATION TO EVALUATE THE DESIGN OF NEW CONSTRUCTION ENERGY PERFORMANCE

Elisabeth Girgis

Abstract: The objectives of the Commercial Buildings Incentive Program (CBIP) of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Office of Energy Efficiency are to bring about lasting change in attitudes and design practices of new buildings by in part demonstrating the economic and environmental benefits of energy efficiency. Since 1998, this program has assisted over 600 Canadian buildings achieve an energy consumption 25% better than Model National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (MNECB) reference building. On average the buildings achieve 34% energy savings compared to the reference. These results are evaluated though building simulations tools EE4.CBIP (EE4) and EE Wizard. Successful projects contain concrete information about what has been done to achieve improved performance. This discussion highlights some of the building energy saving performance results, as well, for the first time a highlight of the most significant measures implemented. Specifically a comparison of the percent savings versus an MNECB reference buildings, energy intensity by building type and average implementation rate of various significant measures are presented. These findings show that a combination of measures are considered in the design of energy efficient buildings.
Pages: 197 - 202
Paper:
esim2006_197_202