NECB-2017 Article 8.4.4.8
The heating equipment of the reference building shall be modeled as being oversized by the lesser of
- the percentage of oversizing applied to the proposed building, or
- 30%.
The cooling equipment of the reference building shall be modeled as being oversized by the lesser of
- the percentage of oversizing applied to the proposed building, or
- 10%.
The reference systems provided in the HVAC library have the 30% and 10% oversizing factors applied by default. The user should check that these are appropriate by referencing the rules detailed above.