Terms and Acronyms

AHJ – Authority Having Jurisdiction 

CCBFC – Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes 

EUI – Energy Use Intensity  

GHG – Greenhouse Gas Emissions

NBC – National Building Code  

NECB – National Energy Code for Buildings 

NRCan – Natural Resources Canada 

NRC – National Research Council 

NZE – Net-Zero Energy

NZEr – Net-Zero Energy Ready  

PCF – Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth Climate Change  

PTPACC – Provincial and Territorial Policy Advisory. Committee on Codes

RCT – Regulatory Reconciliation and Cooperation Table  

TEDI – Thermal Energy Demand Intensity  

TEUI – Total Energy Use Intensity