Abstract
The drive to reduce UK Carbon Emissions directly associated with dwellings and to achieve a zero carbon home dictates that Renewable Energy Technologies will have an increasingly large role in the built environment. Created by the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is the UK Government’s recommended method of assessing the energy ratings of dwellings.
This paper presents an evaluation of the advantage given to SAP ratings by the domestic installation of typical Photovoltaic (PV) and Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW) systems in the UK. Comparable PV and SDHW systems will also be simulated with more detailed modelling packages.
Results suggest that calculation variances can exist between the SAP methodology and detailed simulation methods, especially for higher performance systems that deviate from the default efficiency parameters.
This paper presents an evaluation of the advantage given to SAP ratings by the domestic installation of typical Photovoltaic (PV) and Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW) systems in the UK. Comparable PV and SDHW systems will also be simulated with more detailed modelling packages.
Results suggest that calculation variances can exist between the SAP methodology and detailed simulation methods, especially for higher performance systems that deviate from the default efficiency parameters.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Jul 2009 |
| Event | Building Simulation 2009, 11th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference - Glasgow, UK Duration: 27 Jul 2009 → 30 Jul 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | Building Simulation 2009, 11th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference |
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| City | Glasgow, UK |
| Period | 27/07/09 → 30/07/09 |
Keywords
- standard assessment procedure
- PV
- solar domestic hot water
- pPVSys
- TRNSYS
