The actual performance of aspiring low energy social houses in the United Kingdom
Date
2017-05-01Author
Jones, Rory
Fuertes, Alba
Goodhew, Steve
de Wilde, Pieter
Subject
Low energy social houses Measurement Energy use Post Occupancy Evaluation Building performance
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This paper compares the actual energy performance of six flats and two houses built to low energy standards (Code for Sustainable Homes Levels 4 and 5) with a near identical flat and house built to minimum compliance only (Building Regulations). As low energy homes are only recently emerging in the United Kingdom housing stock, and even fewer are subject to Post Occupancy Evaluation, little is known about their actual energy use in operation. The results show that low energy dwellings may consume more energy than expected and the behaviour of the occupants residing in low energy homes plays an important role in determining their actual energy consumption.
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Publisher
Elsevier BV
Journal
Energy Procedia
Volume
105
Pagination
2181-2186
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