Ontario Building Code and Large Buildings

Ontario Building Code and Large Buildings.  Most home inspectors take a couple of basic Part 9 Ontario Building Code courses as part of their education. The two courses taught by Georgian College as part of their evening home inspection course covers the basics of the...

Large Buildings and Fire Protection

  Firestopping is installed mainly in large building but may be found in small residential multi-family units etc. Firestopping is installed in strategic locations to resist the passage of fire from one area to another.  One use of firestopping is to maintain the...

Energy Audits and the Need For Energy Management

Energy Audits and the Need For Energy Management   We are facing three major problems that are national priorities for most of North America. To obtain an energy efficient economy we need to: Improve Environmental Quality by reducing global warming and acid rain....

The Beginning of Energy Management and Audits

In the Beginning ASHRAE 90-75, released in 1975, was the first ASHRAE Standard 90 and the first real energy standard for commercial buildings. Standard 90-75 led to a short-lived and virtually unknown energy code called the Model Code for Energy Conservation (1977)....

Power Line Clearances

The Canadian Electrical Code Part I gives electrical utilities an exemption from the code for "installations and equipment in its exercise as a utility, located outdoors or in buildings or sections of buildings used for that purpose." The CEC Part I is...