Written by: Dennis Gillis This project occurred at Saint Mary’s University, involving a 22 story 55 year old residence building with precast concrete cladding. The building had some symptoms indicating problems with the cladding, notably water infiltration in numerous areas, Read More …
Tag: Energy Efficiency
Building Archetypes Modeling with Stochastic Occupant Behavior through Plug Load Analysis
Written by: Sanam Dabirian1 and Ursula Eicker1,21 Concordia University, Montreal Canada2 Canada Excellence Research Chair, Montreal Canada Overview The accuracy of urban building energy simulations is highly sensitive to the diverse usage patterns of occupants within buildings. Traditional energy models Read More …
Climate Story Network: Big data retrofits
A New Brunswick-based company looks to streamline building retrofits in Nova Scotia with the help of AI.
Climate Story Network: Dalhousie University LEEDS by Example
With two LEED Platinum certified buildings, Dalhousie University hopes to teach a new environmental lesson about saving energy. Written by: Jon Tattrie, Climate Story Network Dalhousie University is celebrating the certification of its second LEED Platinum building as a key Read More …