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

社会不断增长的能源需求和新出现的温室气体排放政策危机要求当局和决策者对城市和郊区进行全面的长期规划。政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）最近的一份报告呼吁“在社会的各个方面发生迅速、深远和前所未有的变化”，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，以创建住宅建筑原型，以支持加拿大住宅改造战略，在未来20至30年内达到净零。* 工作性质 * 本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的能源和温室气体影响，从而制定加拿大净零住宅建筑的改造计划。该研究将使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、市和省一级开发原型。在每一级，将制定净零改造计划，以显示拟议研究的可扩展性和在国家一级长期使用的能力。* 为什么研究很重要 * 加拿大过于依赖廉价、易得的能源，并排放大量的温室气体。这项研究将开发一种途径，将住宅建筑改造到任何一年的影响都为零的水平。这种性质的研究在加拿大尚未完成，在全球范围内的活动有限。**公众将受益于净零改造计划及其相关原型的开发。工业将受益于可持续材料、建筑和可再生能源等绿色经济部门的直接市场增长。学术界将受益于前沿研究提供具体的结果，原型开发和优化改造战略。* 预期成果 * -在国家一级制定自下而上原型的框架，以支持最佳净零改造计划。 - 一个典型的案例研究，展示了拟议的研究如何使现有的社区净零准备。 * 研究领域和加拿大将如何受益 * 拟议的项目将减少加拿大的环境影响，从绿色房屋气体排放。由此产生的目标能源削减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.