E-1.1, r. 1 - Regulation respecting energy conservation in new buildings

Section 34 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

34. Except for doors, windows, skylights and other closures, the thermal resistance of each building component, not taking into account framing or furring, situated in a municipality in one of the zones mentioned in Schedule 2, shall comply with the values prescribed in the table below for that zone.

A building situated elsewhere than in a municipality listed in Schedule 2 is included in the same zone as the nearest municipality mentioned. If there is more than one municipality situated equidistant from the municipality where the building is located, it is included in the zone of the municipality with the most stringent requirements.

TABLE

(s. 34)

                  Minimum thermal resistance    (Rt), m2 • °C/W

                                                               Zones
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Building components                               A     B     C     D     E     F

Roofs or ceilings separating a heated 
space from an unheated space or the 
outside air                                      5.3   5.6   6.0   6.3   6.8   7.1

Walls above ground level (other than 
foundation walls) separating a heated
space from an unheated space or the
outside air                                      3.4   3.6   3.8   4.0   4.2   4.5

Foundation walls separating a heated 
space from an unheated space, the 
outside air or the adjacent ground               2.2   2.2   2.2   2.2   2.2   2.2

Floors separating a heated space from 
an unheated space or the outside air             4.7   4.7   4.7   4.7   4.7   4.7

O.C. 89-83, s. 34.