This demonstration hosted by the Vale of White Horse District Council at Drayton, Oxfordshire, examined the type of building and occupancy pattern most likely to benefit from the installation of the current range of gas-fired condensing boilers. Specifically, the aims of the project were to examine the variations in space heating and domestic hot water load and the effect of building fabric insulation on these loads.
The cost of higher insulation measures in all new house types may be paid for by savings from smaller, simpler and more efficient heating systems. These houses are more comfortable to live in, as well as up to 50% cheaper to heat.
In many cases, it is possible to achieve a satisfactory comfort in summer in residential buildings with purely passive means (thermal inertia, solar protection, night ventilation). These parameters have to be taken into account at the earliest stages of building design, which requires guidance documents and simplified tools. We developed both, on the basis on a simple RC model with a particular attention paid to the impact of the outdoor noise (related to the windows opening at night).
This paper sets out the monitoring results of the York Energy Demonstration Project (YEDP), carried out under the UK Government's Greenhouse Programme. Energy savings of up to 50% were observed as a result of incorporating energy efficiency measures into housing modernisation programmes. The project also provided insights into a number of replication issues.
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