This repository contains a library of archetypes representing low-rise Canadian residential buildings. The archetypes are intended to support energy analysis, but may prove useful for other applications.
This repository contains the following directories:
documentationcontains literature describing the the development of the archetypes and their usedatacontains tables that summarize the archetypes, as well as xml-formatted source files that describe their detailed measurements and contents.
Natural Resources Canada developed this library by consolidating data from two sources:
- Audits of Canadian homes completed through the EnerGuide rating program (see: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy-efficiency/homes/what-energy-efficient-home/welcome-my-energuide/16654 )
- The Survey of Household Energy Use (SHEU), administered by Statistics Canada (see: https://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/statistics/neud/dpa/menus/sheu/2015/tables.cfm )
Summary tables are comma-separated-value (.csv) formatted; source files containing audit data from the EnerGuide program are xml-formatted according to the HOT2000 .h2k schema.
This work is licensed the Canada - Open Government Licence. For more information, visit: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
Rasoul Asaee (Natural Resources Canada) led development of this library. This work draws extensively upon methods first demonstrated by Lucas Swan (Dalhousie University, see: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254220736_Hybrid_residential_end-use_energy_and_greenhouse_gas_emissions_model_-_development_and_verification_for_Canada)
Funding for this work was provided by the Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Research and Development, under the Green Infrastructure program.
- Alex Ferguson ([email protected])