Tag: energymodelling
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TEUI T.3 Target vs. Actual
First of all, if you’re not sure what TEUI3 is, Take me to the Index of Articles! Architects imagine buildings in great detail before they exist. They establish budgets for construction costs, and their contracts will often hold them to delivering projects within a certain percentage of these targets. The buildings are expected to perform…
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TEUI D.1 Reporting Period and Service Life
If you’re not sure what TEUI3 is, Take me to the Index of Articles! TEUI3 provides a Drop-Down menu to select a year range from 2015 to 2041. The purpose of this is to establish in what year annual emissions are to be calculated for, and this can function for either the ‘Utility Bill‘ method…
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OBJECTIVE TEUI3 and Occam’s Razor
Embracing Parsimony: The OBJECTIVE TEUI 3 Calculator’s Simplicity in Architectural Energy Models Occam’s Razor, the principle often attributed to the medieval philosopher William of Ockham, advocates for simplicity: where the simplest solution is usually the correct one. This philosophical approach has profound implications across various fields, from physics to economics, and architecture and energy modeling…
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TEUI B.1 Major Occupancy
If you’re not sure what TEUI3 is, Take me to the Index of Articles! Of the 50+ user-inputs in the TEUI3 calculator, B.1 Major Occupancy mirrors the Occupancy types as set out in both the National and Provincial Building Codes of Canada. When a Major Occupancy is selected, a number of variables come into play.…
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TEUI B.3 Conditioned Area
If you’re not sure what TEUI3 is, Take me to the Index of Articles! With the pending launch of the OAA’s TEUI v.3 Calculator, we’ve decided to develop a course of lessons in use of the tool, and what assumptions and references have gone into its development. With about 50 user inputs, we figured we’d…
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The Energy Model vs The Real World
After 2 years of living in our cold-climate Passive House, how is its real performance measuring up to the energy model used during the building’s design phase? An energy model is a digital replica of a building that simulates heat gains and losses based on the building’s characteristics and climate. It allows us to optimize…