The document discusses a project assessing the impact of single and combined home adaptations on overheating and energy use while considering cost. It examines retrofit options like insulation, windows, and shading. Single measures were tested, with one case producing 8,192 results. Combining measures yields 184,320 results for all home variants. Visualization tools like Highcharts are used to present the data. The goal is to create a retrofit toolkit to advise on improvement options.

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Dr Stephen Porritt
Senior Research Associate: Building Energy Measurement & Modelling
School of Civil & Building Engineering, Loughborough University
S.M.Porritt@lboro.ac.uk
Visualising Large Datasets
Retrofit Advice Toolkit

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The Project
• Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW)
• Assess the impact of single AND combined
adaptations to dwellings on summer overheating
AND annual heating energy use, whilst ALSO
considering cost

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Dwelling Retrofit Options
• Increased loft insulation
• Internal wall insulation
• External wall insulation
• Cavity wall insulation
• Internal blinds
• Curtains
• External shutters
• Fixed shading over windows
• Solar reflective walls
• Solar reflective roof
• Low-e triple glazing
• Changing window opening rules
• Night ventilation by opening unoccupied room windows

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Single Interventions
Effect of Single Measures

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8192 results for
this one case
184,320 sets of
results for all
dwelling variants
Combining Measures

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Combined Interventions
Combining Measures

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Combined Interventions
Combining Measures

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Combined Interventions
Combining Measures

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Combined Interventions
Combining Measures

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Combined Interventions
Combining Measures

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Highcharts www.highcharts.com

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Highcharts – edit html

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Highcharts – data preparation

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Retrofit Toolkit
The Retrofit Toolkit