Residential Whole of Home
The 2022 edition of the National Construction Code (NCC2022) added a new Performance Requirement for Whole of Home Energy Usage in all new residential homes. For Class 1 buildings (houses and duplexes), this is NCC2022 Volume 2 Performance Requirement H6P2, […]
Read MoreChoosing “cheap” consultants: Saving Money or Increasing your Construction Costs?!
Raise your hand if you recently selected a consultant, purely on price? When we ask, “Other than price, were there other factors that guided your decision?”, we often hear “No, the other company gave a competitive price for the same […]
Read MoreElemental Trading, Part 2: External Walls
This article is the second of a three-part series discussing elemental trading in a Verification Method JV3 thermal simulation. The series discusses the effect solar absorptance, insulation and thermal mass have on the performance of the building envelope. In the […]
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