Private rented housing energy efficiency: consultation assessment (part one)

Partial business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) of our consultation on efficiency and condition standards.


12. Appendix A - Measures used in modelling

Table 12. Measures to raise dwellings from EPC of F or G to EPC of E

  Number % of total measures % of dwellings receiving measure
loft insulation (virgin and top up) 14,535 31% 48.5%
replace secondary heating with one more efficient 3,816 8% 12.7%
cavity wall insulation 3,349 7% 11.2%
room in the roof insulation 3,061 6% 10.2%
low energy lighting 100% 3,046 6% 10.2%
fan electric storage heaters with auto charge control 2,886 6% 9.6%
quantum storage heaters 2,747 6% 9.2%
hot water tank jacket 80mm 2,686 6% 9.0%
baffle / damper to open fire 1,700 4% 5.7%
room thermostat 1,546 3% 5.2%
floor insulation 1,537 3% 5.1%
draught proof windows and doors 1,486 3% 5.0%
switch to E24 tariff 1,044 2% 3.5%
TRVs 854 2% 2.8%
replace oil boiler with condensing boiler 90% 715 2% 2.4%
replace gas boiler with condensing boiler 88% 513 1% 1.7%
flat roof insulation 492 1% 1.6%
Auto charge control 461 1% 1.5%
full controls package (r/stat, programmer and TRVs) 270 1% 0.9%
insulated external doors 233 0% 0.8%
secondary glazing to 2.4 198 0% 0.7%
full oil central heating system inc controls 174 0% 0.6%
solid wall insulation 91 0% 0.3%
full biomass central heating system inc controls 14 0% 0.0%
double glazing to 1.8 0 0% 0.0%
triple glazing to 1.4 0 0% 0.0%
full gas central heating system inc controls 0 0% 0.0%
full electric radiator system inc controls - off peak tariff 0 0% 0.0%
air source heat pump 0 0% 0.0%
ground source heat pump 0 0% 0.0%
programmer for heating system 0 0% 0.0%
Solar thermal 4m2 0 0% 0.0%
PV 2kWp 0 0% 0.0%
2m diameter wind turbine on roof 0 0% 0.0%
5m wind turbine on stand-alone mast 0 0% 0.0%
Cylinder stat for hot water cylinder 0 0% 0.0%
Air to Air heat pump 0 0% 0.0%
electric CPSU with radiators and controls on E18 tariff 0 0% 0.0%

Table 13 . Measures to raise dwellings from EPC of E to D

  Number As % of total measures % of target dwellings receiving measure
low energy lighting 100% 24,282 15% 26%
hot water tank jacket 80mm 17,772 11% 19%
floor insulation 15,930 10% 17%
cavity wall insulation 15,154 9% 16%
loft insulation (virgin and top up) 15,140 9% 16%
replace secondary heating with one more efficient 10,680 6% 11%
quantum storage heaters 8,303 5% 9%
room in the roof insulation 7,874 5% 8%
room thermostat 7,377 4% 8%
solid wall insulation 5,584 3% 6%
replace oil boiler with condensing boiler 90% 5,435 3% 6%
switch to E24 tariff 5,296 3% 6%
fan electric storage heaters with auto charge control 4,672 3% 5%
TRVs 4,539 3% 5%
draught proof windows and doors 4,151 2% 4%
Cylinder stat for hot water cylinder 3,223 2% 3%
insulated external doors 2,268 1% 2%
secondary glazing to 2.4 2,147 1% 2%
2m diameter wind turbine on roof 1,442 1% 2%
baffle / damper to open fire 1,245 1% 1%
Auto charge control 1,113 1% 1%
full oil central heating system inc controls 1,066 1% 1%
replace gas boiler with condensing boiler 88% 905 1% 1%
flat roof insulation 523 0% 1%
double glazing to 1.8 198 0% 0%
full controls package (r/stat, programmer and TRVs) 109 0% 0%
Solar thermal 4m2 75 0% 0%
full gas central heating system inc controls 66 0% 0%
triple glazing to 1.4 - 0% 0%
full biomass central heating system inc controls - 0% 0%
full electric radiator system inc controls - off peak tariff - 0% 0%
air source heat pump - 0% 0%
ground source heat pump - 0% 0%
programmer for heating system - 0% 0%
PV 2kWp - 0% 0%
5m wind turbine on stand-alone mast - 0% 0%
Air to Air heat pump - 0% 0%
electric CPSU with radiators and controls on E18 tariff - 0% 0%

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