High Performance Energy Step SIP House Lake Country BC

Location: Lake Country, BC, Canada

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Awards/Certifications: Building Excellence Awards, DOE Zero Energy Ready Home, ENERGY STAR Certified, EPA Indoor AirPLUS

BEA: 2022 Winner High Performance Homes Over 3,000 sq. ft.

Panels Manufactured by West-Eco Panelized Building Systems

This is a very energy efficient and cost effective two stories residence.

Wall thickness: 8 1/8"
Roof thickness: 12 3/2" north and 12" south

Air Leakage Test Results at 50 Pa. (0.2 in H2O) = 0.46 ACH

Similar to HERS index, Canadian HOT 2000 Energy Step Code rated this house as STEP 5

AIR LEAKAGE AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION SUMMARY
F326 Required continous ventilation: 50.000 L/s (0.19 ACH)
Central Ventilation Supply Rate (): 51.454 L/s (0.20 ACH)
Other Continuous Supply Flow Rates: 0.000 L/s (0.00 ACH)
Other Continuous Exhaust Flow Rates: 0.000 L/s (0.00 ACH)

Total house ventilation is Balanced
Gross Air Leakage and Mechanical Ventilation Energy Load: 3975.826 MJ
Seasonal Heat Recovery Ventilator Efficiency:                               72.154 %
Estimated Ventilation Electrical Load:                                           693.420 MJ (Heating Hours)
Estimated Ventilation Electrical Load:                                           106.260 MJ (Non-Heating Hours)
Net Air Leakage and Mechanical Ventilation Load:                  4000.162 MJ

ANNUAL DOMESTIC WATER HEATING SUMMARY
Daily Hot Water Consumption:                                                          160.0 Liters
Hot Water Temperature:                                                                       55.0 °C
Estimated Domestic Water Heating Load:                                      11173 MJ
Primary Domestic Water Heating Energy Consumption:               3160 MJ
Primary System Seasonal Efficiency:                                                 353.6%

ANNUAL SPACE HEATING SUMMARY
Gross Space Heat Loss:                                                                     57287 MJ
Gross Space Heating Load:                                                               57287 MJ
Usable Internal Gains:                                                                       15544 MJ

ANNUAL SPACE COOLING SUMMARY
Design Sensible Heat Ratio:                                                              0.769
Estimated Annual Space Cooling Energy:                                   1262.50 kWh
Seasonal COP ( May to October):                                                     3.092

ENERGY CONSUMPTION SUMMARY REPORT
Estimated Annual Space Heating Energy Consumption             =    8052.50 MJ     = 2236.80 kWh
Ventilator Electrical Consumption: Heating Hours                      =      693.42 MJ     =   192.62 kWh
Estimated Annual DHW Heating Energy Consumption               =   3159.51 MJ     =   877.64 kWh
ESTIMATED ANNUAL SPACE + DHW ENERGY CONSUMPTION   = 11905.43 MJ     = 3307.06 kWh
Estimated Greenhouse Gas Emissions                                            9.397 tonnes/year

ESTIMATED ANNUAL FUEL CONSUMPTION SUMMARY
Fuel                        Space Heating     Space Cooling   DHW Heating    Baseloads   Ventilation          Total 
Electricity (kWh)            2236.8                 1262.5                877.6                7117.4           222.1           11716.5

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