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      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
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      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
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      "x-unit": "currency"
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      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
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      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 100,
      "x-step": 0.1,
      "x-unit": "percent"
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      "title": "Replacement seasonal efficiency",
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      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
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      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
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      "x-unit": "currency"
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      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
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      "minimum": 0,
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      "x-unit": "currency"
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      "title": "Additional annual maintenance",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "CAD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
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      "title": "Planning horizon, years",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 15,
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 40,
      "x-step": 1,
      "multipleOf": 1
    },
    "discountRate": {
      "title": "Discount rate",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 4,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 50,
      "x-step": 0.1,
      "x-unit": "percent"
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    "newEfficiency",
    "projectCost",
    "incentive",
    "maintenanceChange",
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    "discountRate"
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    "migrationStatus": "new",
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    "formula": {
      "expression": "gross fuel saving = current fuel spending × (1 − old efficiency ÷ new efficiency).",
      "note": "Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula."
    },
    "quality": {
      "availability": "live",
      "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/v20-ca-furnace-replacement.json",
      "qualifiedReview": "pending",
      "qualifiedReviewer": null,
      "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
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      "referenceCoverage": "references-listed",
      "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
      "historicalMetadataDate": "",
      "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
    },
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        "title": "Net capital cost",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "CAD",
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        "title": "First-year net saving",
        "type": "number",
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        "title": "Simple payback, years",
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        "title": "Discounted net value",
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