Sentences with phrase «space heat demand»

This enables a result for specific space heat demand to be calculated quickly using default values, potentially saving significant time.

Location: Cameron Close, Freshwater, Isle of Wight Completion date: August 2015 Budget: Total scheme costs circa # 4.9 m Passive house certification: Part certified with remainder pending Space heating demand (PHPP): 14.4 kWh / m2 / yr Heat load (PHPP): 9 W / m2 Primary energy demand (PHPP): 98 kWh / m2 / yr Environmental assessment method: Code for Sustainable Homes level 3 Airtightness (at 50 Pascals): 0.48 ACH Energy performance certificate (EPC): B 84 - 88 Thermal bridging: Details developed to minimise thermal bridging, concentrating on critical junctions and window installations.

A thermal model of the building was created early in the project, allowing the design to be tested and modified to make sure it would meet the desired passive house target space heating demand of 15kWh / m2 per annum.

For instance they make different assumptions about thermal comfort levels, and this profoundly effects the assumptions about space heating demand.

Analysis by Wain Morehead Architects has shown that the space heating demand of a West Cork - based passive house designed by the firm rises from 11.5 kWh / m2 / yr to over 19.5 kWh / m2 / yr when moved to Donegal

For instance, ground source heat pumps tend to have higher efficiencies than air source units during the heating season due to the relative stability of ground temperatures below certain depths, though air source units — which involve much lower capital costs — have closed the gap in recent years as manufacturers have refined their design, and there is evidence to indicate that space heating demand in many Irish buildings may be peaking in Ireland's frequently relatively mild but windy weather, as the guide to air source heat pumps in Issue 24 of Passive House Plus discussed.

All other things being equal, this means the same house would have a 35 % higher assumed space heating demand in the UK than in Ireland.)

Architect John Morehead has shown how the West Cork passive house featured in this issue sees its space heating demand go from under 11.5 kWh / m2 / yr to over 19.5 kWh / m2 / yr when moved to Donegal.

And in this case it seems to have delivered: a broad brushstroke analysis kindly provided by Nick Grant for this article shows that when re-calculated using the new PHPP, the Beehive's space heating demand dropped to 20 kWh / m2 / yr, comfortably inside the Enerphit target of 25, while the building appears to have avoided exceeding the overheating target (not to exceed 25C internally more than 10 % of the time) by the skin of its teeth.

While the results of ongoing monitoring were unavailable for this article, a quick analysis by Passive House Plus suggests that a typical 43.7 sqm apartment at Rochestown House would be using just under 1100 kWh of energy for space heating annually, based on the calculated space heating demand of 25 kWh / m2 / yr.

At Rochestown House, the calculated space heating demand of 25 kWh / m2 / yr is accompanied with a domestic hot water demand of 32 kWh / m2 / yr.

Actual build cost # 1,022 per sqm excluding preliminaries, externals and fees Passive house certification: Certified Space heating demand (PHPP): 14 kWh / m2 / yr Heat load (PHPP): 9 W / m2 Primary energy demand (PHPP): 108 kWh / m2 / yr Environmental assessment method: Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 Other standards & awards: The houses also deliver against the Homes and Communities Agency's housing quality indicators, while complying with the Joseph Rowntree Lifetime Homes standard and achieving 14 points under CABE's Building for Life standard.

Energy use for 2013 shows an actual space heating demand of 27 kWh / m2 / yr, compared with 24 kWh / m2 / yr as modelled — both values based on the PHPP floor area of 125sqm.

Galway Completion date: January 2014 Budget: confidential Passive house certification: n / a Space heating demand (PHPP): n / a Heat load (PHPP): n / a Primary energy demand (PHPP): n / a Airtightness (at 50 Pascals): 0.56 ACH at 50 Pa or 0.61 m3 / m2 / hr at 50 Pa Energy performance certificate (EPC): pending Carbon performance coefficient (CPC): pending BER: pending Thermal bridging: Armatherm bolt - through structural thermal breaks were used on the cantilevered steel balcony.

The building achieved an airtightness result of 0.43 ACH, comfortably within the target for passive buildings, and has a space heating demand of 15 kWh / m2 / yr.

Building type: 1950s solid wall brick house, east - west orientation, detached (91sqm extended to 125sqm) Location: Nottingham Budget: Approx # 200k including extensions, full refurbishment, full and internal fit - out, garage rebuild, landscaping Space heating demand Before: 458 kWh / m2 / yr according to EPC at time of purchase After: 24kWh / m2 / yr (PHPP) Heat load Before: not known After: 10 W / m2 Primary energy demand (PHPP) Before: not known After: 81 kWh / m2 / yr Primary energy demand (measured) Before: 330 kWh / m2 / yr After: 81 kWh / m2 / yr Energy performance certificate (EPC) Before: E 39 After: B90 (predicting space and water heating total of over 13,000 kWh / yr compared with actual value of 5,345 kWh in 2013) Measured total energy consumption Before: 275 kWh / m2 / yr (Apr 2010 - Mar 2011) After: 56 kWh / m2 / yr (Jan - Dec 2013), not including PV use or generation.

The Annual Heating Worksheet gives the space heating demand (kWh / m2a) using annual climate data and also includes a heat balance graph.

Not exact matches

To reduce the demand for storage space, a sustainable nuclear fuel cycle would separate the short - lived, high - heat - producing fission products, particularly cesium 137 and strontium 90.

Some of those elements include: - Light - colored roofing that reflects heat and saves energy; - 70 percent ENERGY STAR ® certified appliances including refrigerators, TVs, computers and kitchen equipment; - Water - efficient toilets and aerated bathroom faucets; - 10 percent of the building materials used contain recycled content; - «On Demand» ventilation that provides fresh air for occupied spaces without wasting energy on unoccupied areas of the property; - LED lighting - controls that turn off the lights; - Incorporates high - tech daylight sensors to reduce electrical lighting with natural sunlight and - Uses renewable energy sources such as solar or wind.

The Lancey electric space heater allows users to charge its battery during off - peak hours and use the electricity for heating during peak demand periods.

Colder winter weather means more natural gas consumption for space heating, and warmer summer weather leads to increased consumption in the power sector with increasing demand for air conditioning.

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But over 75 % of the global potential in demand - side response lies in buildings, with space heating, water heating and air conditioning loads contributing the most.

Mild weather could dampen natural gas demand for space heating and affect storage withdrawals.

Due to an increase in demand for natural gas for space and water heating, and limitations imposed by natural gas pipeline constraints, electricity generation from gas was unable to scale up, and the burden was transferred to oil as dual fuel generators switched over.

It also analyzes the implications for long - term natural gas demand if a transition to electric space heating systems is made.

However, with so much solar and wind — what purists claim are the only «real» renewable energies — now coming online, can CHP projects find a stable space to provide a cleaner baseload power while simultaneously reducing demand for electrically generated heat?

Prof Nick Eyre highlighted that in the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report, mitigation efforts to reduce energy demand made up 50 % of decarbonisation pathways, with a focus on energy efficiency and the electrification of transport and space heating using existing and emerging technologies.

This means that the building fabric must achieve required levels of thermal insulation and airtightness, among other factors, to ensure a maximum space heating and cooling energy demand isn't exceeded.

Turkey's industrial energy consumption could be reduced by 24 per cent and energy demand for residential space heating by over 40 per cent, at little or no extra cost.

District heating — centralized heating systems and distribution of generated heat to the buildings of a defined community, through a network of buried piped, to satisfy the demand for space and water heating.

On demand hot water systems are designed to take very little space, and to heat water at time of demand, only when the hot water tap is on.

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