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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Happy CAN-QUEST release day to all my Canuck colleagues…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang=FR-CA>[Le message français suit.]</span></span></em><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=622 style='width:466.85pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:20.0pt'><td width=417 valign=top style='width:312.45pt;border-top:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:20.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=253 height=29 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D093B9.0A227E90"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=206 valign=top style='width:154.4pt;border-top:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:20.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=116 height=29 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D093B9.0A227E90"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:66.65pt'><td width=622 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:466.85pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:66.65pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=638 height=100 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D093B9.0A227E90"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:86.15pt'><td width=622 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:466.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:86.15pt'><h1 style='margin-right:7.35pt;line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#376092;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal'>CAN-QUEST</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#376092;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal'> <i>NECB v1.0,</i> Software for Modelling Building Energy Use, is Now Available!</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.35pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:7.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>*******************************************************************************<span style='color:black'>***************************</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Natural Resources Canada has officially released CAN-QUEST NECB v1.0, the new building energy modelling software created to demonstrate performance path compliance with the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2011 (NECB 2011). This version has new features and several improvements over the beta version previously released in December 2013; these include:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New feature:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Generates a NECB 2011 compliance report (English and French)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Improvements from the beta version includes:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:35.7pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Improved French interface;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:35.7pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Option to group similar zones/systems together without triggering heat recovery in the reference building;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Option to set the fenestration door wall ratio (FDWR) in the reference building to the NECB 2011 prescriptive value (default) or set the reference building FDWR equal to the proposed building’s FDWR, up to the maximum NECB 2011 prescriptive value;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Corrections to U-values and under-heated hours in the reference model;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Corrections to compliance errors for multi-unit residential building projects generated when using the Wizards;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Corrections to User prompt messages advising users of mismatches between Space Distribution table and Lighting or Equipment tables have been removed. The user prompt messages were replaced with warning messages that are written to the compliance analysis log (.cal) file and to the NECB 2011 compliance report; and</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Elimination of most nuisance “debug assertion” messages</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#376092'>Download the software</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CAN-QUEST NECB v1.0</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is available free by NRCan for download </span><a href="https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/efficiency/buildings/eenb/16600"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>here</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A CAN-QUEST Modelling Guide is available upon request at </span><a href="mailto:info.services@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>info.services@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> or 1-877-360-5500 (toll –free) (613-992-3245 in the National Capital Region).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To learn more about the CAN-QUEST software, please </span><a href="https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/efficiency/buildings/eenb/16600"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>visit our web page</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you have any questions or difficulty downloading, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:info.services@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>info.services@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><a name="_MT_0_9_5ÁþÝzWÓu_1_0_0_0_0_ç"></a><a name="_MU_1_7_5ÁþÝzWLo_1_1_1o_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_7_5ÁþÝxyám_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_9_5ÁþÝzWÓu_1_1_B_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_9_5ÁþÝxyáo_ç121"></a><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=622 style='width:466.85pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:20.0pt'><td width=417 valign=top style='width:312.45pt;border-top:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:20.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=253 height=31 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D093B9.0A227E90"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=206 valign=top style='width:154.4pt;border-top:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:20.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=116 height=29 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D093B9.0A227E90" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D07C1A.F4E9EEB0"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:66.65pt'><td width=622 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:466.85pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid black 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:66.65pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=639 height=107 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D093B9.0A227E90"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:86.15pt'><td width=622 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:466.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;height:86.15pt'><h1 style='margin-right:7.35pt;line-height:115%'><a name="_MT_0_A_5ÁþÝzXäâ_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_A_5ÁþÝxyát_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_A_5ÁþÝzXäâ_1_1_Ò_0_0_0"></a><i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#376092;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal'>CAN-QUEST CNÉB v1.0,</span></i><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#376092;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal'> le logiciel de modélisation de la consommation d’énergie des bâtiments, est maintenant disponible!</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:7.35pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:7.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>*******************************************************************************<span style='color:black'>***************************</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><a name="_MT_0_B_5ÁþÝzaDC_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_B_5ÁþÝxyáw_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_B_5ÁþÝzaDC_1_1_1C_0_0_0"></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ressources naturelles Canada a officiellement lancé le logiciel CAN-QUEST v1.0 pour le CNÉB, le nouveau logiciel de modélisation de la consommation d’énergie des bâtiments créé qui permet de démontrer la conformité avec la méthode de la performance du Code national de l’énergie pour les bâtiments de 2011 (CNÉB de 2011).<a name="_MT_0_C_5ÁþÝzdîÇ_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_C_5ÁþÝxyáw_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_C_5ÁþÝzdîÇ_1_1_1H_0_0_0"></a> Par rapport à la version beta qui avait été lancée en décembre 2013, cette nouvelle version a de nouvelles fonctionnalités, et plusieurs améliorations ont été apportées. En voici un aperçu.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><a name="_MT_0_D_5ÁþÝzfça_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_D_5ÁþÝxyáy_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_D_5ÁþÝzfça_1_1_A_0_0_0"></a><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nouvelle fonctionnalité : </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a name="_MT_0_E_5ÁþÝzhEx_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_E_5ÁþÝxyáz_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_E_5ÁþÝzhEx_1_1_Q_0_0_0"></a><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Production d’un rapport de conformité au CNÉB 2011 (français et anglais)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><a name="_MT_0_F_5ÁþÝzhjE_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_F_5ÁþÝxyáÁ_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_F_5ÁþÝzhjE_1_1_S_0_0_0"></a><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Améliorations par rapport à la version beta : </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:35.7pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a name="_MT_0_G_5ÁþÝzhÃk_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_G_5ÁþÝxyáÂ_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_G_5ÁþÝzhÃk_1_1_G_0_0_0"></a><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interface en français améliorée;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:35.7pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a name="_MT_0_H_5ÁþÝziúÑ_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_H_5ÁþÝxyáÄ_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_H_5ÁþÝziúÑ_1_1_Ö_0_0_0"></a><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Possibilité de regrouper des zones et des systèmes semblables sans déclencher la récupération de chaleur dans le bâtiment de référence;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a name="_MT_0_I_5ÁþÝzrÏy_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_I_5ÁþÝxyáÆ_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_I_5ÁþÝzrÏy_1_1_2T_0_0_0"></a><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Possibilité de régler le rapport entre l’aire du fenêtrage et des portes et l’aire brute des murs (FDWR) dans le bâtiment de référence à la valeur prescriptive (par défaut) du CNÉB 2011 ou de faire correspondre le FDWR du bâtiment de référence au FDWR du bâtiment proposé, jusqu’à la valeur prescriptive maximale du CNÉB 2011;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a name="_MT_0_J_5ÁþÝzuRO_1_0_0_0_0_0"></a><a name="_MX_0_J_5ÁþÝxyáÇ_11"></a><a name="_MU_1_J_5ÁþÝzuRO_1_1_y_0_0_0"></a><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Corrections aux valeurs U et aux heures de sous-chauffage dans le modèle de référence;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-hei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