UK to Overhaul Home Energy Rating System to Decarbonise Housing Stock
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 4:52 pm
The UK government’s domestic energy performance assessment tool will be updated in a bid to decarbonise UK homes, it was announced on Tuesday. Building consultancy Building Research Establishment (BRE) said it has been tasked with developing the new Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), dubbed “SAP 11,” which the BRE said will be more suited to technologies designed to decarbonise homes, such as “heat pumps, renewables, storage technologies, and smart control devices.” The new method, which will be developed in the next three years, will be used to create the information on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and to show compliance with the energy conservation requirements of building regulations in the UK, BRE said. ...
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