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Historic England is seeking ten listed buildings (LBs) to take part in research demonstrating how well EPCs accurately reflect the energy efficiency potential for traditionally-constructed historic buildings, contribute to a report presenting evidence-based recommendations for improvement of EPCs.
HE writes:
[HE is] looking for demonstrator cases to provide an evidence-base to enable the critical appraisal of data gathered and advice presented in Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for traditional buildings, against their in-situ Measured Energy Performance (MEP.)
We are looking for 10 demonstrator cases with a good geographical spread that meet the following requirements:
– be a building within England
– be a Designated Heritage Asset (Grade I, II* or II)
– be fully or partially of one of the following traditional construction types: Solid stone or earth (mass solid walling), solid Brick (thin solid walling), historic timber frame, or early cavity wall
– be in residential use – owner-occupied, in the private rental sector (PRS) or as holiday let
– have available access to live smart-meter data or at least 1 year of actual energy consumption data
– have ability and agreement to carry out in-situ Measured Energy Performance and an occupant / user evaluation.
– have available access to energy assessment, as Energy Report or Logged EPC, with provision of in-put data agreed by the Energy Assessor.
Demonstrator cases to be submitted for consideration by Friday 6th December.
