Foundations for Net Zero Buildings
Enabling consistently high energy performance for new commercial and institutional buildings.
Learn about our national research project funded by Natural Resources Canada’s Codes Acceleration Fund to examine the energy efficiency of new commercial and institutional buildings across Canada.
Project Overview
This project ensures that new buildings meet the high energy performance standards outlined in the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB). Focused on a variety of building types—commercial, educational, healthcare, municipal, and multi-unit residential—across five provinces, the project will analyze energy efficiency trends, form an advisory group for strategic direction, and develop a best practices guide to “get it right the first time.” By accelerating decarbonization, the project aims to drive sustainable, high-performance building designs, offering hands-on support, case studies, and resources. This project will run from March 2024 to March 2027.
Building Types
- Commercial/administrative, schools, hospitals, municipal, post-secondary, and multi-unit residential buildings
Project Targets
- Examine representative numbers of buildings to determine substantive causes of high and low energy efficiency
- Form a representative Advisory Group to provide overall direction
- Identify design, construction, commissioning, and operational factors involved
- Develop best practices guide for “getting it right the first time”
- Support selected representative new building developments with charrettes and design and modeling guidance
- Produce technical studies and case studies for selected representative underperforming buildings to achieve high-performance
- Develop and disseminate resources to build capacity for achieving consistently high performance and meeting code standards
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Get Started
If you own or manage a building constructed since 2015, we encourage you to reach out to us for expert support and comprehensive data analysis to enhance your building’s performance. We’re here to help you unlock valuable insights and optimize energy efficiency. For more information or to get started, please get in touch with Katia at xbfbxvar@pyvzngrpunyyratrargjbex.bet. We look forward to collaborating with you!
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