Nov 23, 2016 | Comfort and Productivity, Commissioning, Efficiency, Performance Engineering
Does this sound familiar? “It’s way too hot on the second floor”. “The back corner of the board room is freezing”. “The air is stale in room 215”. If you are a building owner or property manager you may have heard these complaints after tenants move into a new...
Oct 31, 2016 | Efficiency, Energy Modelling, Updates
Ontario will soon release an updated version of its supplementary energy standard for buildings, SB-10 2017, under the Ontario Building Code. This new energy code will come into force on January 1, 2017 and is designed to provide 13% better energy performance than the...
Oct 5, 2016 | Comfort and Productivity
In an office setting, increasing occupant comfort can provide a significant increase in occupant performance. Below is a list of six things that can be done to improve comfort and productivity in an office building. Have a comfortable air temperature. Usually this...
Jul 4, 2016 | Efficiency, Energy Modelling, Integrated Design, Performance Engineering
As a building energy modeller, it can be difficult to know what combination of building upgrades to recommend for a particular building. Building performance optimization is a new method that helps modellers select a package of upgrades from a plethora of options....
Jun 15, 2016 | Energy Modelling, Integrated Design, Low Carbon Buildings
As noted previously, Arborus has been researching low carbon space heating strategies for the Ontario building market, and will soon present a white paper on the subject at the SBE 2016 Conference in Toronto on September 19th and 20th of this year. Arborus’ low carbon...
