Quantifying the domestic building fabric ‘performance gap’

• Published in: Building services engineering research & technology Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 614 - 627
• Main Authors: Johnston, David, Miles-Shenton, Dominic, Farmer, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2015; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Built environment; Climate change; Construction; Emissions; Green buildings; Heat transfer; Heating; R&D; Research & development; Residential buildings; Studies; Test methods; Ventilation; United Kingdom > UK; domestic; building performance; Coheating; CO2 emissions; building fabric

In the UK, there is mounting evidence that the measured in situ performance of the building fabric in new build dwellings can be greater than that predicted, resulting in a significant building fabric ‘performance gap’. This paper presents the coheating test results from 25 new build dwellings built...