Validation and Verification of In-situ Building Energy Performance Measurement Techniques

Overview

This project is focusing on residential buildings, including apartments and multioccupied blocks. It will not include non-domestic buildings, though the techniques developed here could be transferable. There will be efforts to extend the applicability of the current methods to periods outside of the traditional heating season, and to high performing dwellings with lower fabric heat transfer coefficients (HTCs). The impact of this extension on the accuracy and repeatability of the methods will be studied. Methods suitable for use in cooling dominated climates will also be included for the first time in any major collaborative research activity. It is likely that there will be similarity in the methods used for the different climates and different building types, but also unique challenges. New best practice approaches across all aspects will be openly shared to accelerate progress and drive innovation in the measurement and diagnosis of building thermal performance.