BEIS (now DESNZ) technical research covering energy efficiency measures in the domestic sector.
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Improving the performance of the UK’s dwellings is an essential part of meeting climate change commitments. BEIS (now DESNZ, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) has funded or part-funded a number of research projects in this area, covering, amongst others the following aspects:
- In-situ measurements of the performance of buildings
- Analysis on the energy saving potential of measures
- Identification of risks that arise from retrofit of insulation
- Quantification of the costs of domestic energy saving measures.
Studies on energy efficiency retrofit projects carried out in the UK
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Demonstration of Energy Efficiency Potential (DEEP) (12 Mar 2021)
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Core cities Green Deal monitoring project – Leeds (9 Nov 2017)
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Dartford housing retrofit project (9 Nov 2017)
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Retrofit for the Future: analysis of cost data (3 Jan 2014)
Methods that can be used to insulate UK dwellings
- Understanding best practice in deploying external solid-wall insulation and internal wall insulation in the UK (9 Nov 2017)
- Quantification of non-standard cavity walls and lofts in Great Britain (9 Nov 2017)
- Cavity party walls: measuring U-values (22 Mar 2019)
- Thin internal wall insulation (TIWI) (12 Mar 2021)
- Waterproofing cavity walls (12 Mar 2021)
Calculating the performance of insulation
The cost of measures to improve energy efficiency
Barriers to retrofit
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Barriers to retrofit in social housing (22 Mar 2019)
Other
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Energy Follow Up Survey (EFUS) 2017 reports (17 Sep 2021)
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