Uncertainties in Non-Domestic Energy Performance Certificate Generating in the UK
| Autor: | Ali Bahadori-Jahromi, Paulina Godfrey, Anastasia Mylona, Shiva Amirkhani, Darren Cook, Hooman Tahayori, Hexin Zhang |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Amirkhani, Shiva, Bahadori-Jahromi, Ali, Mylona, Anastasia, Godfrey, Paulina, Cook, Darren, Tahayori, Hooman, Zhang, Hexin |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Process (engineering) Computer science 020209 energy Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Software non-domestic 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering GE1-350 built Built environment Reliability (statistics) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Accreditation validation Government Civil_env_eng Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry hotels compliance modeling Environmental economics EPC Certificate Environmental sciences minimum energy efficiency standard energy performance certificate MEES business Efficient energy use |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 7607, p 7607 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 14 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | In light of the recent launch of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard targeting the energy performance of commercial buildings, this study compares the energy performance certificates of three UK hotels generated by two different software, EDSL TAS and SBEM, both accredited by the UK government for the purpose. Upon finding the results discrepant, the study finds that the two software’s different assumptions for the air permeability rate contribute to the discrepancy. While modifying this value makes the results from the two software more aligned, further issues regarding the validation process arise. The study continues to find that the underlying issue can be found within the National Calculation Methodology’s assumption about domestic hot water consumption in hotels. These assumptions are compulsory to follow when generating a non-domestic energy performance certificate in the UK, therefore, any uncertainties within them can affect all the buildings seeking an energy performance certificate within that sector. Finally, the study discusses that, for meeting the carbon dioxide mitigation goals, it is necessary to make changes to the current procedure of energy performance certificate generating in the UK to increase its reliability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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