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CANMNECB1997,cont<strong>in</strong>uedSoftwareMethodologyDescribed <strong>in</strong>CodesExist<strong>in</strong>gSoftwareAccessibilityDescriptionBILTRAD Compares <strong>the</strong> energy efficiency of your envelopedesign to <strong>the</strong> prescriptive requirements outl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>MNECB Uses a trade-off approachCAN 73MNECH1997Yes (referred toano<strong>the</strong>rdocument) 74HOUSTRADand HOT2®ECSoftware provided byCanmetENERGY with<strong>in</strong>Natural Resources Canada;accessible on <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternetfree of charge (NaturalResources Canada, 2009)HOUSTRAD Verifies house envelope energy code compliancethrough <strong>the</strong> trade-off path: w<strong>in</strong>dows or walls of <strong>the</strong>house do not follow prescriptive requirements butoverall annual energy use is equal to or better than <strong>the</strong>reference houseHOT2®EC For build<strong>in</strong>g designs that do not meet prescriptive ortrade-off paths; uses a performance path approach Requires <strong>the</strong> user to demonstrate that <strong>the</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g, asdesigned, will not have a calculated energyconsumption that is greater than it would have been if<strong>the</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g was designed to meet <strong>the</strong> prescriptiverequirements Requires a computer analysis to verify that <strong>the</strong>build<strong>in</strong>g will be as energy efficient as <strong>the</strong> same housedesigned us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Prescriptive compliancerequirements73 For more <strong>in</strong>formation, please see http://canmetenergy-canmetenergie.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/eng/software_tools.html.74 “Trade-off Compliance for Houses: Specifications for Calculation Procedures for Demonstrat<strong>in</strong>g Compliance to <strong>the</strong> MNECH” published by CanadianCommission on Build<strong>in</strong>g and Fire Codes.84

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