Residential building archetype classification to drive Net-Zero energy planning for the Canadian residential building stock

社会日益增长的能源需求和新出现的温室气体(GHG)排放政策危机要求当局和决策者为城市和郊区制定全面的长期规划。政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)目前的一份报告呼吁“社会各方面发生快速、深远和史无前例的变化”，并要求到2050年实现净零建筑。拟议的研究将开发一个自下而上的框架来创建住宅建筑原型，以支持加拿大住宅翻新战略，在未来20至30年内实现净零。 *工作性质* 该研究计划的主要目标是通过提供量化数据来支持国家政策的制定，从而减少加拿大住宅存量对能源和温室气体的影响，从而导致加拿大对净零住宅建筑的改造计划。这项研究将利用实地研究和实验室测试来开发能够支持国家净零改造计划的自下而上的住宅原型。作为拟议研究的一部分，将在社区、城市和省一级开发原型。在每一级，将制定一项净零改造计划，以显示拟议研究的可扩展性和长期在国家一级使用的能力。 *为什么研究很重要* 加拿大过于依赖廉价、容易获得的能源，并排放大量温室气体。这项研究将开发一条途径，将住宅楼改造到其影响在任何一年都为零的水平。这种性质的研究还没有在加拿大完成，在全球范围内的活动也有限。 *研究对谁重要* 这项研究对普通民众、工业界和学术界都具有重要意义。公众将从制定净零改造计划及其相关原型中受益。工业将受益于绿色经济部门的直接市场增长，如可持续材料、建筑和可再生能源。学术界将受益于提供具体成果的前沿研究、原型开发和优化改造战略。 *预期结果* -在国家一级制定自下而上原型的框架，以支持最佳的净零改造计划。 -示范案例研究，展示拟议的研究如何使现有社区做好净零准备。 *研究领域和加拿大将如何受益* 拟议中的项目将减少温室气体排放对加拿大的环境影响。由此产生的能源削减目标将直接使加拿大能够在未来20-30年内实现温室气体减排。

Society's growing energy demand and emerging policy crisis regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires authorities and decision makers to comprehensively long-term plan for urban and sub-urban areas. A current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has called for “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” with a requirement for net-zero buildings by 2050. The proposed research will develop a bottom-up framework to create residential building archetypes in order to support a Canadian residential retrofit strategy to reach net-zero in the next 20 to 30 years. ***Nature of the Work*** The primary objective of this research program is to reduce the energy and GHG impact of the Canadian residential housing stock through providing quantified data to support the generation of a national policy resulting in a Canadian retrofit plan for net-zero residential buildings. The research will use field studies and laboratory testing to develop bottom-up residential housing archetypes capable of supporting a national net-zero retrofit plan. Archetypes will be developed at a community, city and provincial level as part of the proposed research. At each level, a net-zero retrofit plan will be developed in order to show the proposed research's scalability and ability to be used at a national level in the long term. ***Why is the Research Important*** Canada relies too much on cheap, readily available energy and emits overbearing amounts of GHG's. This research will develop a path to retrofit residential buildings to a level where their impact is net-zero across any given year. Research of this nature is not completed in Canada and has limited activity globally. ***To Whom is the Research Important*** The research is important to the general public, industry and academia. The general public will benefit from development of the net-zero retrofit plan and its associated archetypes. Industry will benefit from direct market growth in green economy sectors such as sustainable materials, construction and renewables. Academia will benefit from leading edge research providing concrete results, archetype development and optimizing retrofit strategies. ***Anticipated Outcomes*** - A framework to develop bottom-up archetypes at a national level to support optimal net-zero retrofit plans. - An exemplary case study showing how the proposed research can make an existing community net-zero ready. ***How the Research Field and Canada Will Benefit*** The proposed project will reduce Canada's environmental impacts from green house gas emission. The resulting target energy reductions will directly enable Canada to achieve their GHG emission reductions in the next 20-30 years.