Each year researchers at CBEEDAC work on a number of projects related to the buildings sector. Reports on many of these projects are available here for downloading by clicking on the highlighted links. Some reports are not yet available for downloading, if you are interested in any of them and would like to receive a copy by e-mail, please write us at cbeedac@ualberta.ca.

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2008-09 Reports:

Note that the reports for this year are drafts. A short description of the content of each report is available on the What's new page.

“Residential Energy Demand in Canada”, by Lucie Maruejols and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2009-RP-01.

“Explaining Energy Savings under the EnerGuide for Houses Home Retrofit Program”, by David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2009-RP-02.

“Energy Efficiency in Canadian Commercial Buildings: Evidence from 2000 and 2005”, by James Lin and Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2009-RP-03.

“Generalizing Home Retrofit Program Results to Non Participants”, by Lucie Maruejols and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2009-RP-04.

2007-08 Reports:

"Modelling Energy Savings and Environmental Benefits from Energy Policies and New Technologies”, by David L Ryan and Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2008–RP- 01.

“Time-Saving Innovations and Canadian Household Energy Use”, by Vera Brenčič and Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2008–RP-02.

“Energy Demand Models and Modelling”, by David L Ryan and André Plourde
CBEEDAC 2008–RP-03.

“Environmental Awareness and Household Energy Efficiency”, by David L Ryan
CBEEDAC 2008–RP-04.

2006-07 Reports:

“Major Appliance Replacement in Canada”, by Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-01.

"Energy Use for Residential Water Heating for Dishwashers and Clothes Washers”, by Ronggui Liu
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-02.

“Reconciliation of Sales and Stocks of Air Conditioners in Canada”, by Matthew Hansen
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-03.

“Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings (MURBs) in Canada”, by Ronggui Liu
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-04.

“Estimation of Site-Specific Electricity Consumption in the Absence of Meter Readings: An Empirical Evaluation of Proposed Methods”, by David L. Ryan and Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-05.

“Participation Rates and Energy Cost and Consumption Savings in the EnerGuide for Houses Retrofit Incentive Program”, by Evgeny Prasol and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-06.

“Utilization of Residential Energy-Saving Retrofit Programs in Canada: Who, What, and Why?”, by Samuel Gamtessa and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-07.

“The Possibility of Energy Consumption Misclassification by Sector in Canada”, by Natalia Ivanova and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-08.

“Ownership and Use of Programmable Thermostats in Canada in 2003”, by David L. Ryan and Jevan Cherniwchan
CBEEDAC 2007-RP-09.

2005-06 Reports:

“Energy Use in Malls and Shopping Centres: Evidence from Canada”, by Denise Young and Jon Buck
CBEEDAC 2006–RP-01.

“Energy Use Patterns According to Main and Subsidiary Activities: Evidence from Buildings Housing Non-Food Retailers”, by Nigel Fish and Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2006-RP-02.

“Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) in Canada”, by Allan Wesley and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2006-RP-03.

“Standby Power Energy Use of Common Household Appliances”, by Nigel Fish, Donna J. White, and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2006-RP-04.

“An Overview of the Buildings Module of the Canadian Integrated Modelling System (CIMS)”, by Samuel Gamtessa
CBEEDAC 2006-RP-05.

“Report on ‘Electricity Market Restructuring and Consumers’” by Junaid bin Jahangir and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2006–RP-06.

“Conditional Demand Analysis Revisited: Evaluating Residential End-Use Energy Consumption in Canada”, by David L. Ryan and Ronggui Liu
CBEEDAC 2006–RP-07.

“Trends in Retrofit Activity in the EnerGuide for Houses Program”, by Samuel Gamtessa
CBEEDAC 2006–RP-08.

2004-05 Reports:

“The Potential for Energy Efficiency Gains in the Canadian Commercial Building Sector: A Stochastic Frontier Study”, by Jonathan Buck and Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2005–RP-01

“Domestic Hot Water Heating and Water Heater Energy Consumption in Canada”, by Carolina Aguilar, Donna.J. White, and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2005–RP- 02.

“Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS)”, by Michael Lockerbie and David L. Ryan
CBEEDAC 2005–RP-03.

“Canadian Commercial Natural Gas & Electricity Prices in 2000 by Selected Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations”, by David L. Ryan, André Plourde and Donna J. White
CBEEDAC 2005–RP-04.

Water Purifying And Pumping Energy Use in Canada

Targeting Energy Efficiency Programs in Commercial Buildings

Review and Validation of Assumptions in the NRCan Residential End-Use Model

Electricity Restructuring and Consumers – Part 1

2003-04 Reports:

Expert Advice on the Recalibration of the Commercial Energy Use Database

Energy Efficiency in Canadian Commercial and Institutional Buildings

Characterization of a Typical Buildings Retrofit

The Determinants of Commercial Retrofit Decisions

Disaggregate Analysis of the Role of Weather as a Determinant of Energy Use in the Building Sector

Assessment of the Increased Penetration/Use of Auxiliary Office Equipment

2002-03 Reports:

CIBEUS Data Quality Assessment “Commercial and Institutional Building Energy Use Survey”, by Denise Young
CBEEDAC 2003-RP-0x

Expanding the Coverage of CIBEUS

Energy Use Weather Elasticity

Commercial and Residential Energy Use Models.

Energy Savings and GHG Emissions of Minimum Energy Performance Requirements

Impact of miscellaneous energy efficiency equipment