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A METHODOLOGY FOR CODE-COMPLIANT DESIGN BASED ON LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS FOR HOUSING IN COLD CLIMATES
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Well-designed walls and windows play a major role in reducing heating energy usage in the home in cold climates. There are also different design options to improve home energy efficiency which have different cost impacts. This study presents a methodology to determine code-compliant...
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Spring 2024
The escalating energy consumption of buildings highlights the significance of adopting energy-efficient building design and construction practices. The growing demand for higher thermal resistance within building envelopes also necessitates innovative solutions for energy-efficient building...
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Spring 2019
Data-driven modelling has been widely applied in building operation optimization, energy management, ongoing commissioning, and so on. This thesis presents a comprehensive study of data-driven modelling for analysis of building thermal dynamics. First, three types of data-driven models, namely,...
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Fall 2021
Building’s space heating system accounts for more than half of the total building’s energy consumption, reducing the energy use of space heating of buildings can decrease the national energy consumption of Canada and is helpful for sustainable development of the buildings. Improvement of thermal...
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Least-Construction-Cost Approaches for New Housing to Achieve Higher Energy-Efficiency Requirements of Building Codes
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Effective November 1, 2016, new homes constructed in Alberta, Canada, are required to comply with “Section 9.36: Energy-Efficiency Requirements” of the Alberta Building Code (ABC) 2014. This section introduces ~57% stricter energy requirements for building envelope than the previous code;...
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ROBOTIC METHODS FOR INSTALLING BATT INSULATION INTO WOOD-FRAME WALL PANELS IN BUILDING PREFABRICATION
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In the light-frame building prefabrication construction industry, the utilization of robot arms is increasingly trending. In exterior wood-frame wall panels, which contain components such as wood frame, insulation and sheathing, automation has streamlined the construction of structural elements....
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Fall 2023
The global increase in energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is largely due to the ascending trend of energy consumption in buildings. To address the negative impacts of this trend, designing energy-efficient buildings is crucial. As a potential solution, thermal energy storage (TES)...