The government is focusing on increasing energy efficiency for both new and existing buildings to help meet Canada’s commitments to reducing carbon emissions in the next decade and beyond. The steps towards adopting “net-zero energy ready” building codes for new construction in Canada by 2030 are well underway and strategies to retrofit existing buildings are emerging. New policies are not only striving to maximize energy efficiency gains but are also introducing new measures to ensure that overall carbon emission targets for the construction, operation and renewal of buildings are met.
The drive to reduce overall carbon emissions is creating the motivation for the building industry to challenge the prevailing approaches to the design and construction of the building envelope and look for opportunities to optimize assemblies for costs and performance.
Subject Covered
- Achieve high thermal performance
- Reduce material use
- Minimize costs
- Optimize wall thickness
Presented By
Patrick Roppel, P.Eng., M.A.Sc.
Principal, Building Science Specialist
Patrick Roppel is a Building Science Specialist with over 17 years of consulting experience related to building science and energy efficiency. Patrick’s focus in recent years has been on providing tools and guidance to the industry to help practitioners make informed design decisions related to constructability, as well as thermal, structural, energy and hygrothermal performances. Examples of timely industry guidance include the Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide (BETB), the Attic Ventilation and Moisture Research Study, and the Guide to Low Thermal Energy Demand for Large Buildings (Low TEDI Guide).