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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to get some benchmarks for the energy use intensity for universities in Canada/Ontario in particular and found two different reports with two different EUIs. I’ve tried with the Office of Energy Efficiency but no luck so far. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hoping someone in the forum from my Canadian colleagues can shed some lights on the difference between the 2 surveys. The email sent is below. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hayssam<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Hayssam Barhoun <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> euc.cec@nrcan.gc.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> help wanted for Energy use intensities in universties<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was looking for some numbers on Energy Use Intensities for Universities for a project we are working on and found 2 different documents. These reports don’t give similar results when it comes to the EUI and I hope you can help me understand the difference and which number I can use. The two reports in question are: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Consumption of Energy Survey for Universities, Colleges and Hospitals, 2003<span style='color:#1F497D'> (<a href="http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/statistics/neud/dpa/data_e/consumption03/pdf/consumption.pdf">http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/statistics/neud/dpa/data_e/consumption03/pdf/consumption.pdf</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>2008 Commercial & Institutional Consumption of Energy Survey<span style='color:#1F497D'> (<a href="http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/statistics/cices08/pdf/cices08.pdf">http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/statistics/cices08/pdf/cices08.pdf</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 2003 report is showing a EUI of <b>2.19 GJ/m2</b> (108 kBTU/ft2) for Ontario. It was specified that the survey covered <b>37</b> campuses in Ontario.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=348 height=289 id="_x0000_i1035" src="cid:image001.png@01CD5536.837AF200"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 2008 report is showing a EUI of <b>1.24 GJ/m2</b> (191 kBTU/ft2) for Ontario. It was specified that the survey covered <b>64</b> campuses in Ontario.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=586 height=335 id="_x0000_i1036" src="cid:image004.png@01CD4FBA.947FB080"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Although the sample surveyed has almost doubled between the two reports, I believe there are other issues that might explain the difference and I hope you can shed more lights on this difference. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looking forward to hear from you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hayssam Barhoun</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> PEng<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><font face="monospace">____________________________________________________________<br>
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