Domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates: review

Analysis of responses to our three public consultations about energy performance certificates (EPCs).


Appendix A.2: Metatags and Broad themes and descriptors applied to contributions extracted from responses to three public consultations

Metatags

  • Issue Classification: calculation / assessment / reporting / database / none
  • Sector: domestic / non-domestic / both / none
  • EPC comment: critical / positive / neutral / none

Broad themes: descriptors

  • Methodology: administration / Appendix T / alternative / defaults / mapping / metric / new technologies / PCDB / real data / scale / thermal mass / none
  • Modelling: accuracy / consistency / defaults / metric / minimum standards / real data / standard occupancy / thermal mass / U-values / validation / none
  • Occupancy: actual / standard occupancy / none
  • Convention: consistency / none
  • Location: Australia / city centre / Denmark / off gas / rural / Scotland / none
  • Built Form: hard to treat / masonry / non-traditional / older / pre-1919 / pre-1940 / room in roof / Scottish housing stock / size / traditional / whole building / none
  • Condition: condition / tolerable standard / none
  • Age of dwelling: age / post-war / pre-1919 / none
  • Heating: district / electric / heat pumps / infra-red heating / low carbon / micro-cogeneration / portable / sizing / thermal storage / wood / none
  • Energy supply: fuel switching / renewables / tariffs / none
  • Fabric: brick / glazing / insulation / loft insulation / shutters / solid walls / stone walls / thermal mass / wall insulation / windows / none
  • Ventilation: draught lobbies / infiltrations / ventrolla / draughtproofing / none
  • Improvements: appropriateness / costs / customised / minimum standards / recommendations / none
  • Report: appropriateness / assumptions / benchmarking / costs / customised / minimum standards / total energy / none
  • Assessor: competence / integrity / independence / quality assurance / none
  • Data storage and retrieval: database / register / none
  • Data collection: amend / big data / improvements / real data / smart meters / thermal imaging / none
  • Climate: local / standard / none

Contact

Email: Steven.Scott@gov.scot

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