(STD, 5.3)

• provides context to the rated home
• it is a typical new house with the dimensions and geometry of the rated home built to the current building code for that region
• Reference House" includes energy efficiency requirements of typical new home as per NBCC 2015, section 9.36 or Section 3.1.2 of SB-12 from the Ontario Building Code
• the software will adjust the window to wall ratio if it is outside the 17%-22% provision from building code and distributes the windows equally on north, south, east and west orientations.