Development of a technoeconomic modeling tools to assess options for reducing the energy consumption and GHG emissions in the residential sector

Through recent initiatives, many European countries made commitments to reduce the energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their residential sectors by improving electricity use and energy efficiency through demand side technological interventions. For example, the German government has a plan to upgrade all pre-1984 homes to contemporary new-build energy standards over a 20-year period. Although a high per-capita energy consumer, Canada has yet to develop a plan to reduce the energy consumption and GHG emissions from its residential sector, which is the third largest energy consuming sector responsible for about 17% of the national energy consumption and 16% of GHG emissions. The objective of the proposed research is to advance and expand the applicant's work on developing comprehensive techno-economic modeling tools to assess and identify feasible options for reducing the energy consumption and GHG emissions in the Canadian residential sector. Through this work, two new techno-economic tools will be developed: (1) A new end-use energy and emissions model for the Canadian multi-family housing stock, and (2) Models for micro (