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Exploring the performance gap in UK homes: new evidence from smart home and smart meter data
conference contribution
posted on 2016-01-08, 14:11 authored by Tom Kane, Steven FirthSteven Firth, Vanda DimitriouVanda Dimitriou, Michael Coleman, Tarek HassanTarek HassanThe performance gap between measured and predicted energy consumption in buildings is long established. This paper explores the reasons for the performance gap using data collected in ten UK homes. Predictions made by steady state energy models were compared to measured building performance data. Model inputs relating to external conditions and occupant practices were changed to align with measured data. The results show that the performance gap in individual homes is still significant after accounting for occupant practices and suggests that more work is required to develop techniques to estimate the thermal properties of the building fabric using measured data.
Funding
This work has been carried out as part of the REFIT project (‘Personalised Retrofit Decision Support Tools for UK Homes using Smart Home Technology’, £1.5m, Grant Reference EP/K002457/1).
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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Building Simulation Conference 2015Citation
KANE, T. ...et al., 2015. Exploring the performance gap in UK homes: new evidence from smart home and smart meter data. Presented at the 14th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, Dec 7-9th.Publisher
International Building Performance Simulation AssociationVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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- en