CEATI Residential Air Conditioning Pilot Study
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Throughout June and July 2011, Caneta
Research staff will be approaching homeowners in Woodbridge, Newmarket,
Mississauga, Milton, Brampton and Vaughn looking for participants
to take part in a pilot study examining the benefit of high efficiency
air-conditioners on peak electrical demand. Caneta
Research is looking for homeowners who would allow their AC unit to be
performance monitored over the course of summer 2011. This will involve
the installation of an energy meter device on your breaker panel to
monitor the power to the total household, outdoor AC unit, and the
furnace fan motor indoors. Homeowners with high speed internet in their homes
would allow Caneta to remotely monitor the AC
system. There is also a survey questionnaire that asks about your
household and AC use. Your answers are completely confidential and will
be released only as a part of aggregated data in which no individual answers
can be identified. Caneta Research is
performing this study, initiated in 2008, on behalf of its contributing
sponsors including the Ontario
Power Authority in addition to several other provincial electric
utilities.
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The
new
LEED 2009 supplementary modelling guidelines are now available from CaGBC
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Caneta is the authoring consultants for this
document, which provides supplemental energy modelling guidance to the ecoEnergy EE4 modelling guide. It is intended to be used when
modelling for LEED Canada for New Construction and Major Renovations 2009
and LEED Canada for Core and Shell Development 2009 EA Prerequisite 2 and
EA Credit 1, Option 1 – Whole Building Energy Simulation.
The document clarifies a number of long-standing issues and omissions
associated with the ecoEnergy EE4 modelling
guide.
The document is available for CaGBC members
on the CaGBC
website.
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Caneta's
Doug Cane Recieves CSA's Award of Merit
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Caneta's Doug Cane Recieved
Canadian Standard Associations' 2008 Award of Merit in recognition of his
work on the development of standards and regulations in the area of Electrotechnical, Energy Efficiency and Renewables at
a special awards ceremony held during the CSA Annual Conference in
Calgary, Alberta.
CSA
Announces Recipients of the 2008 Awards of Merit
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Ontario Power Authority's High Performance New
Construction Incentive Program to be launched
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Ontario Power Authority (OPA)’s
High Performance New Construction Program (HPNCP) provides financial
incentives to owners or developers of buildings. Launched March 26th,
2008, the custom path allows for incentives from $250 - $400/kW of demand
savings.
High Performance New Construction
(HPNC) program
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Heat Pump Energy Efficiency Guide Publication
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The CEATI has just published the Heat Pump Energy Efficiency Guide
prepared by Caneta Research Inc. Co-sponsors
included NRCan, BC Hydro, Manitoba Hydro, Hydro
One, OPA, National Rural Electric Association, Sask
Power and Hydro Quebec.
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New Contract Awarded
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Caneta Research was awarded a contract by
Municipal Affairs and Housing, Code Devlopment
Branch, to develop energy efficiency requirements for non-residential
buildings for OBC 2006.
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CSA Award
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Caneta principal Doug Cane has been awarded
a Certificate of Recognition from the Canadian Standards Association for
outstanding contribution to the CSA in furthering standardization in the
field of Energy Efficiency and Renewables.
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Award Recognition for Design
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The GTAA Fire training facility, to which Caneta
Energy provided energy efficiency modelling services to the design team
headed by Kleinfeldt Mychajlowycz
Architects, will be highlighted in U.S. Justice Facilities Review by the
AIA in September 2007.
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