{"id":33329,"date":"2022-05-14T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33329"},"modified":"2022-05-14T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:28:33","slug":"ihbc-signpost-bre-beis-project-to-modernise-home-energy-rating-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33329","title":{"rendered":"IHBC Signpost: BRE\/BEIS project to modernise home energy rating scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-31568\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flats_houses_graphic_green.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"172\" \/>The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has announced a new project with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to improve and modernise the home energy rating scheme used to measure the energy and environmental performance of UK homes.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only<\/em><\/h6>\n<h3><!--more--><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 a new home energy rating scheme \u2013 known as \u2018SAP 11\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>pbctoday<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>As part of a three-year project, BRE will develop a new version of the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), the government\u2019s system for assessing and comparing home energy rating.<\/p>\n<p>This methodology is also 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.<\/p>\n<p>BRE will lead a number of organisations and individuals in academia and industry to deliver a new home energy rating scheme \u2013 known as \u2018SAP 11\u2019 \u2013 which will be used by governments and industry to better measure and understand the energy performance of homes.<\/p>\n<p>As part of SAP 11, BRE will drive a \u2018root and branch\u2019 review of the existing methodology to create a new version that is better suited to modern and dynamic technologies which will help decarbonise the UK\u2019s housing stock, such as heat pumps, renewables, storage technologies and smart control devices\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/home-energy-rating-scheme-bre-beis\/110206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has announced a new project with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to improve and modernise the home energy rating scheme used to measure the energy and environmental performance of UK homes. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33329\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33330,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33329\/revisions\/33330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}