Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing: peer review

Footnotes

1. E.g. http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/emissions/sap/sap.aspx

2. E.g. Historic Scotland Technical Papers ( http://conservation.historic-scotland.gov.uk/home.htm); SPAB energy efficiency research ( http://www.spab.org.uk/advice/energy-efficiency/)

'Energy Use in the Home - Measuring and Analysing Domestic Energy Use and Energy Efficiency in Scotland', The Scottish Government, August 2012

4. 'Scottish House Condition Survey - Key Findings 2010', The Scottish Government, November 2011

5. 'Energy Use in the Home - Measuring and Analysing Domestic Energy Use and Energy Efficiency in Scotland', The Scottish Government, August 2012

6. 'Guidance on meeting the energy efficiency requirements of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard', Energy Saving Trust, March 2008

7. Centre for Sustainable Energy, Analysis of hard-to-treat housing in England, November 2011

8. Defra/ BRE/ EST, A study of Hard to Treat Homes using the English House Condition Survey, 2008

9. Energy Heritage - A guide to improving energy efficiency in traditional and historic homes (Changeworks, 2008)

10. 'Implementing the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, Parts 1 and 2: Advisory and Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities: Volume 4 Tolerable Standard', Scottish Government, March 2009

11. Table 4b of the SAP methodology

12. Ibid

13. Scottish Domestic Technical Handbook, Section 6 - Energy (2011)

14. http://www.oref.co.uk/ provides more information.

15. See research by Historic Scotland, SPAB and Changeworks among others

16. The Technical Annex describes some alternate assumptions and their impact on baseline performance

17. NHER Stock Assessor - this uses an older version of RdSAP, v9.83 (which uses SAP 2005).

18. The only sub-66% efficient boiler that could be modelled using RdSAP is a pre-1979 floor-mounted boiler, which has an assumed efficiency of 56%.

19. There are however other types of boilers and fuels that show greater efficiencies.

20. Ravenheat HE 85 A.

21. How the Green Deal will reflect the in-situ performance of energy efficiency measures ( DECC, 2012)

22. Currently this research is predominantly focused on older, traditional housing; robust results are however available from established sources such as Historic Scotland and SPAB.

23. http://www.bre.co.uk/sap2009/page.jsp?id=2792

24. For example, at the time of writing this Peer Review DECC issued a tender invitation for 'Research to provide better estimates of solid wall insulation savings through improved understanding of heat losses' (December 2012), which it anticipates will inform updates to RdSAP, SAP and the Green Deal.

25. Changeworks, the Energy Saving Trust, Historic Scotland, Sustainable Uist among others.

26. 'Guidance on meeting the energy efficiency requirements of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard', Energy Saving Trust, March 2008

27. 'Greendykes House and Wauchope House energy assessment validation, Changeworks Consultancy, August 2012

28. Section C2 Boiler efficiency, Appendix C, SAP 2009 version 9.90

29. Section C3.1 Distribution loss, C3 Heat distribution, Appendix C, SAP 2009 version 9.90

30. Section C3.2 Energy for pumping, C3 Heat distribution, Appendix C, SAP 2009 version 9.90

31. Table 12: Fuel prices, additional standing charges, emission factors and primary energy factors, SAP 2009 version 9.90

32. Section C1 Distribution loss, C3 Heat distribution, Appendix C, SAP 2009 version 9.90

33. Typical current costs are approximate and based on 3 apt. flat (2 bedrooms and 1 lounge).

34. Assessing the impact of the central heating programme on tackling fuel poverty: report on the first year 2001 - 2002, Scottish Government 2004

35. Mind The Gap: Funding home energy efficiency to deliver Scotland's climate change and fuel poverty targets ( WWF Scotland, 2012)

36. Solid wall insulation in Scotland - Exploring barriers, solutions and new approaches (Changeworks, 2012)

37. Ibid

38. 21 ^st century heating in rural homes - Social landlords and tenants' experience of renewable heat (Consumer Focus Scotland, 2012)

39. Renewable Energy: Getting the benefits right for social housing (Changeworks on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2012)

40. Which energy efficiency improvements qualify for Green Deal finance? ( DECC, 2012). This table has been modified by removing the Affordable Warmth stream as social landlords are not eligible for this.

41. Renewable Energy: Getting the benefits right for social housing (Changeworks on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2012)

42. Using solar PV to tackle fuel poverty (Changeworks, pending, 2013)

43. Renewable Heat Incentive: Consultation on proposals for a domestic scheme ( DECC, 2012)

44. www.swiga.co.uk

45. 21 ^st century heating in rural homes - social landlords' and tenants' experience of renewable heat (Consumer Focus Scotland, 2012)