Building energy models
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[edit] Background
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[edit] Terms
[edit] Energy Performance Certificate
Energy performance certificates (EPCs), set out the energy efficiency rating of buildings from A (most efficient) to G (least efficient) and are valid for 10 years. They are required when buildings are built, sold or rented, if they have a roof and walls and use energy to condition an indoor climate. If a building contains separate units (for example a block of flats), each unit needs an EPC, but they are not required for shared bedsit type accommodation. An EPC contains information about a property’s energy use and typical energy costs and recommendations about how to reduce energy use and save money.
[edit] DEC
Display energy certificates (DEC's) show the energy performance of a building based on actual energy consumption. For certain types of building, they must be displayed prominently in a place visible to the public and are intended to raise public awareness of the energy use of buildings.
[edit] Minimum energy efficiency standard (MEES)
[edit] Home Energy Model
The Home Energy Model, or HEM, is to be introduced in the UK to replace the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), which is currently used to demonstrate that new homes comply with Part L of the Building Regulations and to produce EPC's. HEM is still under development and is intended to be implemented alongside the Future Homes Standard in 2025. Alongside this the government is consulting on changes to the requirements for EPCs and DECs (see Brief notes on proposed changes to EPCs)
[edit] Future Homes Standard assessment
[edit] SAP
The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is the UK Government’s National Calculation Methodology for assessing the energy performance of dwellings. It is used to facilitate various national, devolved and local government policies including Building Regulations and for the production of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs).
SAP was first published in 1993, but has since been updated regularly, with new versions published in 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2012. SAP 10 came into use from June 2022 in England, then in Wales and Scotland later in the year.
The current version of SAP is SAP 10.2
Dwelling Emission Rate (DER).
Target Emission Rate (TER)
Target Fabric Energy Efficency TFEE
The Dwelling Fabric Energy Efficiency (DFEE)
[edit] RdSAP
Reduced data SAP (RdSAP) was introduced in 2005 as a simpler and lower cost method for assessing existing dwellings. An RdSAP assessment will use a set of assumptions about the dwelling, reducing the volume of data an energy assessor must collect.
The current version of RdSAP is RdSAP 2012.
[edit] BRE Domestic Energy Model (BREDEM)
[edit] PHPP,
[edit] ESP-r
[edit] new HEM
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