EE4 CBIP
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Posting Date | 18 December 2009
Type of tool | Benchmarking tool
Countries where the tool has been developed | North America
Geographic Coverage | International
Target Group | Building professionals
Conditions of availability | Free
Expertise required | Basic understanding of Windows. Knowledge of building modeling. Engineering background helpful but not required.
Number of users | 1000
Input of the tool | Basic information, envelope components areas and characteristics, characteristics of the building's HVAC, lighting and service water heating systems.
Output of the tool | Energy consumption and energy cost of proposed design and CBIP reference building. Summary and detailed compliance reports.
Strengths | EE4 CBIP automatically generates a reference building to verify compliance to CBIP requirements using the performance path approach. EE4 CBIP can also be used in non-compliance mode to predict a building's annual energy consumption and energy cost. User-friendly interface and on-line help. Includes default libraries of common building plants, systems, construction assemblies and materials, lighting elements, fenestration and operating schedules. Available in English and French.
Weaknesses | Not all HVAC systems and plant configurations can be modelled directly with EE4 CBIP and a detailed DOE-2 simulation is required.
Tool Languages | English
Designed to demonstrate a building's compliance to the requirements of the Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP) performance path approach. EE4 CBIP is offered by Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency to building owners and developers for the design and construction of new commercial and institutional buildings that use 25% less energy than similar buildings built to the requirements of the Model National Energy Code for Buildings (MNECB). EE4 CBIP may also be used to perform non-compliance energy analyses and thus to predict a building's annual energy consumption, and to assess the impact of design changes to the building. Alternatively, EE4 CBIP can be used to determine a building's heating and cooling loads for equipment sizing. EE4 CBIP calculations are based on an approved version of DOE-2.1E.
Tool website URL(s) | http://www.sbc.nrcan.gc.ca/software_and_tools/ee4_soft_e.asp
Submitted by Hicham LAHMIDI (BUREAU VERITAS)
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