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Electric heating is cheap and efficient. Why doesn’t SAP reflect this?
04 Apr 2016
If you have ever tried to meet the Target Emission Rate in SAP by installing panel or storage heaters in a home, you’ll know compliance is extremely difficult, and will usually result in PV panels…
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Lighting and SBEM: a light-bulb moment
16 Nov 2015
Unlike SAP Assessments for dwellings, CO2 emissions in SBEM calculations do not seem to be influenced as markedly by the specification of the fabric. Of course U-values do have some effect on the CO2 produced…
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What is the difference between SAP and SBEM?
13 Apr 2015
Every new building with a heating system will need to be assessed to check energy efficiency against current Government emission targets. If you are building houses or apartments blocks, each dwelling will need it’s own…
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What is a PSI value?
21 Oct 2014
If we imagine a house, the U-Values take into account all of the areas where heat can escape. This includes the roof, external walls, windows and the ground floor. But this does not take into…
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What is the future of heavily glazed buildings?
06 Jun 2014
The balance in the amount of glazing in a building is a delicate one and it’s not possible to apply a blanket rule that dictates glazing levels, given the influencing factors. What determines the “right”…
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What is Thermal Bridging?
15 May 2014
Thermal bridging is a term that is often bounded around in the world of energy efficiency, but often not entirely understood. It can be a complicated beast which is sometimes viewed as a regulatory burden.…
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