Two methods for reducing weather data are assessed and compared with respect to use for heating calculations. Degree days for calendar months, utility bill periods and without weekends were calculated and compared along with temperature 'bins' of various sizes using the CIBSE Example Weather Year. Wind velocity and solar radiation are also analysed with respect to degree days. Both methods, degree days and the bin method, are found to represent the actual weather conditions adequately for use in heating calculations.
The concern that a large number of housing units across Canada, and in particular, through Atlantic Canada are exposed to potential damage from wood rot due to moisture trapped within exterior walls caused a joint task force of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Canadian Home Builders Association representatives to address the "drying of walls" issue. Included in their mandate was a field research project in Atlantic Canada. The project, undertaken by Oboe Engineering Ltd. and AD1 Limited.
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