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Sam, the NECB mandates the proposed model requirements for compliance analysis. As you are discovering, these requirements override the proposed design "baseline" model inputs in a number of areas. A few examples:

  • The modeled shading coefficient is multiplies by 0.8 to account for incidental shading (dirt, etc.)
  • infiltration is set to a constant value of 0.25L/s/m2 of gross wall and roof area.
  • dwelling unit lighting power density is set at 5 W/m2.
  • part load performance curves are set to those defined by the NECB.

There are other changes made to the proposed baseline that I am not recalling at the moment.

Sam, the NECB mandates the proposed model requirements for compliance analysis. As you are discovering, these requirements override the proposed design "baseline" model inputs in a number of areas. A few examples:

  • The modeled shading coefficient is multiplies multiplied by 0.8 to account for incidental shading (dirt, etc.)
  • infiltration is set to a constant value of 0.25L/s/m2 of gross wall and roof area.
  • dwelling unit lighting power density is set at 5 W/m2.
  • part load performance curves are set to those defined by the NECB.

There are other changes made to the proposed baseline that I am not recalling at the moment.