This research project evaluated the real-world performance of a multi-family Passive House building in British Columbia’s coastal region. Passive House provides a framework for high-performance buildings that is growing in popularity on Canada’s west coast. For buildings to gain Passive House certification, they must achieve specific performance values for heating energy use intensity, total energy use intensity, spatial temperature variation, ventilation performance, and air leakage rate. However, the potential benefits of Passive House are not well understood in Canada, and there is currently limited data on the actual performance of low energy residential buildings in various Canadian climates.
Research Reports
Mixed Climate
Low Energy Monitoring Research Report
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CHRISTY LOVE
RDH Building Science
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ROBERT LEPAGE
RDH Building Science
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Research Reports
Mixed Climate
Passive House 6-Plex Energy & IAQ Monitoring Study
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Christopher Marleau
RDH Building Science Inc.
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Michael Wilkinson
RDH Building Science Inc.
Research Reports
Mixed Climate
Six-Year Conventional Roof Monitoring Report
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Jun Tatara
RDH Building Science Inc.
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Christopher Marleau
RDH Building Science Inc.
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Lorne Ricketts
RDH Building Science Inc.
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Grahan Finch
RDH Building Science Inc.
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Marcus Dell
RDH Building Science Inc.
Research Reports
Mixed Climate
Deep Building Enclosure Energy Retrofit Study
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Lorne Ricketts
RDH Building Science
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Brittany Coughlin
RDH Building Science
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James Higgins
RDH Building Science
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Graham Finch
RDH Building Science
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Warren Knowles
RDH Building Science