Computed energy consumption for new and existing high rise residential buildings - suggested norms and potential reductions.

Develops a model apartment building based upon existing surveys of such buildings and computer simulations carried out to determine the independent effects of climate and size on its energy consumption. The Meriwether Energy System Analysis program used has previously been calibrated by simulating four existing buildings of known energy consumption. From these results, develops data which enables a norm to be derived from the energy consumption of any high rise apartment building at any location in Canada. Determines the possible reductions in energy consumption that would result from the implementation of some inexpensive modifications in the four existing buildings.