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Brown, C and Gorgolewski, M (2015) Understanding the role of inhabitants in innovative mechanical ventilation strategies. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 210-21.

Cammarano, S, Pellegrino, A, Lo Verso, V R M and Aghemo, C (2015) Assessment of daylight in rooms with different architectural features. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 222-37.

Danso, H, Martinson, B, Ali, M and Mant, C (2015) Performance characteristics of enhanced soil blocks: a quantitative review. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 253-62.

Huebner, G M, McMichael, M, Shipworth, D, Shipworth, M, Durand-Daubin, M and Summerfield, A J (2015) The shape of warmth: temperature profiles in living rooms. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 185-96.

Li, F G N, Smith, A Z P, Biddulph, P, Hamilton, I G, Lowe, R, Mavrogianni, A, Oikonomou, E, Raslan, R, Stamp, S, Stone, A, Summerfield, A J, Veitch, D, Gori, V and Oreszczyn, T (2015) Solid-wall U-values: heat flux measurements compared with standard assumptions. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 238-52.

  • Type: Journal Article
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  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2014.967977
  • Abstract:
    The assumed U-values of solid walls represent a significant source of uncertainty when estimating the energy performance of dwellings. The typical U-value for UK solid walls used for stock-level energy demand estimates and energy certification is 2.1 Wm-2 K-1. A re-analysis (based on 40 brick solid walls and 18 stone walls) using a lumped thermal mass and inverse parameter estimation technique gives a mean value of 1.3 plus or minus 0.4 Wm-2 K-1 for both solid wall types. Among the many implications for policy, this suggests that standard UK solid-wall U-values may be inappropriate for energy certification or for evaluating the investment economics of solid-wall insulation. For stock-level energy modelling, changing the assumed U-value for solid walls reduces the estimated mean annual space heating demand by 16%, and causes a proportion of the stock to change Energy Performance Certification (EPC) band. The analysis shows that the diversity of energy use in domestic buildings may be as much influenced by heterogeneity in the physical characteristics of individual building components as it is by variation in occupant behaviour. Policy assessment and guidance material needs to acknowledge and account for this variation in physical building characteristics through regular grounding in empirical field data.

Morgenstern, P, Lowe, R and Chiu, L F (2015) Heat metering: socio-technical challenges in district-heated social housing. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 197-209.

Robinson, J and Cole, R J (2015) Theoretical underpinnings of regenerative sustainability. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 133-43.

Siew, R Y J (2015) Alternative framework for assessing sustainable building funds: Green Building Fund. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 160-9.

van Amstel, F M C, Zerjav, V, Hartmann, T, van der Voort, M C and Dewulf, G P M R (2015) Expanding the representation of user activities. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 144-59.

van der Heijden, J (2015) Voluntary programmes for building retrofits: opportunities, performance and challenges. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 170-84.