HTAP is a collection of data and tools that automate and extend the HOT2000 residential energy simulation tool. The HOT2000 software suite can be obtained directly from Natural ResourcesCanada.
HTAP has been used to:
- Optimize the design of Net-Zero Energy and Net-Zero-Ready Housing, and deep energy retrofits
- Investigate the impact potential of different heating technologies in the Canadian housing stock
- Estimate costs and benefits associated with changes in the building code
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) developed HTAP to support research and program development. While HTAP is published in the hope others will find it useful, NRCan provides no warranty or support for the software or its users.
HTAP requires the following components be installed on your computer:
- Ruby (https://rubyinstaller.org/)
- Git (https://git-scm.com/downloads)
- The HOT2000 command-line client, installed into
C:\H2K-cli-min\
In addition to these, you may find the following tools useful:
- A text file editor, such as notepad++
- A data analysis program, such as Matlab, tableau or excel.
To install HTAP, check out the files from Git-hub:
C:\> git clone https://github.com/NRCan-IETS-CE-O-HBC/HTAP.git
Before you can run HTAP simulations, you must first copy the archetype files to the
C:\H2K-CLI-Min\User\ directory. HTAP includes a ruby script to do this for you:
PS C:\> cd .\HTAP\Archetypes
PS C:\HTAP\Archetypes> ruby .\CopyToH2K.rb
The master branch contains the most stable version of HTAP. New features are
regularly integrated into the general-dev branch. Other branches include new
features under development for future versions of HTAP.
- Introduction to HTAP: a summary of HTAP features and use
- HTAP-input-and-output.md: Documentation for HTAP input & output
HTAP is developed and maintained by CanmetENERGY-Ottawa, a division of Natural Resources Canada. HTAP's current capabilities reflect contributions from the National Research Council and other third-party contributors.
- Alex Ferguson
- Jeff Blake
- Julia Purdy
- Rasoul Asaee
- Adam Wills
- Arman Mottaghi
Direct inquiries about HTAP and related projects to [email protected]