Residential heating, which represents close to 75% of household energy consumption, is at the heart of the stakes.
IRC (Institute for Research in Contemporary Economics) proposes an ambitious thermal strategy to reduce the pressure on the power grid during cold weather.
🔹 Target: Reduce demand for electricity from heating
🔹 Means: efficient heat pumps, thermal storage, intelligent management
🔹 Impact: reduced winter peaks, better network resilience
Recent models incorporate adaptive control systems:
🔹 Programming according to hourly rates
🔹 Real-time weather response
🔹 Optimization according to occupant habits
2. Environmental refrigerants and CVAC standards
Quebec imposes new standards to reduce greenhouse gases in air conditioning systems.
🔹 Replacement of high-GWP refrigerants (e.g. R-410A)
🔹 Adoption of R-32, R-454B and other low impact fluids
🔹 Reduction of emissions from residential and commercial CVAC
3. Integration into new real estate projects
The developers now integrate heat pumps from the design of the buildings.
🔹 Real estate valuation
🔹 Reduced operating costs
🔹 Access to subsidies (Heat Green, LogisVert
4. Sustainable urban air conditioning
In the face of heat waves, urban buildings adopt more responsible solutions.
🔹 Assisted natural ventilation
🔹 Low thermal inertia materials
🔹 High efficiency heat pumps
