Module · M3
2020 NBC 9.36 Compliance for Part 3 Modellers
Part of curriculum: Part 3 Energy Modeller
This half-day module addresses 2020 NBC §9.36 compliance for Part 3 energy modellers who need or want to take on Part 9 (low-rise residential) work. The module assumes you can already model a building — its focus is on what §9.36 requires you to model, table by table, that NECB does not. It covers the Nova Scotia compliance routes available under §9.36: the performance path (§9.36.5) with its tier targets (§9.36.7), and the Nova Scotia–adopted Energy Conservation Points (ECP) prescriptive path (§9.36.8). Throughout, the emphasis is on reading and applying the code as written — its rules, prescriptive tables, building-type quirks, and required values — rather than on modelling technique, which M5 carries. Practitioners moving into Part 9 typically have the modelling skill but lack the §9.36 code knowledge; this module fills exactly that gap so they can produce defensible Part 9 compliance results.
Skills
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the compliance paths available under NBC 9.36 — performance (§9.36.5) with tier targets (§9.36.7), prescriptive (§9.36.2/.3/.4), and the Nova Scotia Energy Conservation Points alternative (§9.36.8) — and explain how a Part 9 project selects between them.
- Identify the Part 9-specific building-type considerations that affect model setup — MURB classification, secondary-suite-as-MURB, and the building-type-driven baseload/ventilation assumptions.
- Identify and apply §9.36.5 proposed-house rules (§9.36.5.9–.12) that differ from Part 3 proposed-model practice.
- Define §9.36.5 reference-house requirements (geometry, assemblies, HVAC, SWH) per code prescription, and identify how §9.36.7 tier targets modify the compliance bar.
- Compare the §9.36.5 performance path and §9.36.8 ECP prescriptive path for a given home and explain the implications of choosing one over the other.