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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have an EE4 model that we wish to check against NECB. Can anyone suggest a procedure for this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My initial thought was to create a second model, where the Proposed Building is manually set to match the NECB requirements, then compare the original Proposed Building to the NECB Proposed Building.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, I am wondering if I can manually modify the Reference Building to match the NECB requirements using a DOE work-around.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Brian Tysoe </span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>M.A.Sc., P.Eng., LEED AP </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Associate, National Manager of Energy Modelling Services </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="http://www.mcw.com" title="Click here to visit www.mcw.com"><b><i><span style='color:green;text-decoration:none'>MCW Consultants Ltd. </span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Queen’s Quay Terminal <br>207 Queen’s Quay West, Suite 615 <br>Toronto, ON, Canada M5J 1A7 <br>Phone: (416) 598-2920 ext:519 <br>Fax: (416) 598-5394 </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>This e-mail may be privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender directly. </span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>P</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:green;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>