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Cornick Research Officer Institute for Research in Council National Research Council of Canada Report No: B-1239.3 Report Date: July 7, 2005 Contract No: B-1239 Program: Building Envelope & Structure 53 pages This report may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of both the client and the National Research Council Canada This document was created for electronic viewing. Printing this document may result in a loss in quality from the original document. Engineered Building Envelope Systems to Accommodate High Performance Insulation with Outdoor/Indoor Climate Extremes Table of Contents Table of Contents................................................................................................................ ii List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables................................................................................................................................................. iii List of Charts................................................................................................................................................. iii List of Maps................................................................................................................................................... iv Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................ 1 Objectives and Scope ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Extreme Climates ........................................................................................................................................... 2 General Purpose Climate Classifications................................................................... 2 Building Related Climate Classifications ................................................................... 3 A Modified Köppen Classification Scheme................................................................. 3 A Thornthwaite Scheme .............................................................................................. 3 DOE Proposed Climate Regions ................................................................................ 5 Extremely Cold Climates.................................................................................................... 6 Days with Minimum Temperature Below -20 oC ........................................................ 9 Relationship between -20 days and HDD18 oC .......................................................... 9 Recommended Approach for Characterizing Extremely Cold Climates .................. 10 Extremely Wet and Humid Climates ................................................................................ 11 Recommended Approach for Characterizing Extremely Wet and Humid Climates. 15 Population Data of Locations of Interest...................................................................................................... 16 Suggested Locations..................................................................................................................................... 16 Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 References .................................................................................................................................................... 18 Charts ........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Maps............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Appendix ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 Locations considered in the study..................................................................................... 40 Comments and responses.................................................................................................. 47 – Perd 79 – ii Report on Task 3: Extreme Canadian Climates – Northern and Coastal List of Figures Figure 1 – Variation of number of days with minimum daily temperature below -20 oC and -30 oC with HDD18 oC. .......................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 2 – Relationship between mean number of days with minimum daily temperature below -20 oC and HDD18 oC. .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 3 – Correlation between MI and mean annual rainfall for Table C locations in the 1995 NBCC..... 15 List of Tables Table 1 – Definitions of climatic symbols and boundaries for a Köppen scheme after Trewartha [10]......... 4 Table 2 – Definitions of climatic symbols and boundaries for a Thornthwaite scheme................................. 5 Table 3 – Definitions of climatic symbols and boundaries for proposed DOE climate zones........................ 7 Table 4 – Weather parameters for a few selected locations............................................................................ 9 Table 5 – Table of values relating mean number of days with minimum daily temperature below -20 oC and HDD18 oC ........................................................................................................................................... 12 Table 6 – Weather parameters for recommended locations.......................................................................... 18 Table A.1 – Locations considered in this study for extreme cold................................................................. 40 Table A.2 – Locations considered in this study for extreme humidity......................................................... 42 Table A.3 – Selected climate normal information for Inuvik, NT................................................................ 43 Table A.4 – Selected climate normal information for Yellowknife, NT. ..................................................... 44 Table A.5 – Selected climate normal information for Iqaluit, NU. .............................................................. 45 Table A.6 – Selected climate normal information for Prince Rupert, BC.................................................... 46 List of Charts Chart 1 – Bar chart showing mean monthly number of days with minimum