Riba South Sustainability Through Envelope Efficiency
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The document discusses issues with building efficiency in the UK construction industry and proposes solutions to improve building performance. It notes that UK buildings often use significantly more energy than predicted and fail to meet air infiltration standards. Thermal bridging, insulation levels, and air leakage are identified as key areas of non-compliance. The solution is outlined as focusing on building envelope efficiency through high insulation values, low thermal bridging, and air tightness, which can reduce heating and cooling loads by 80%. Renewables and technology provide the remaining 20% of efficiency.
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- 4. The Issue – UK energy use
- 5. The Agenda: Energy in Buildings
- 10. Issues: A tale of two halls Sheffield Town Hall - 1897 ‘ D’ Rating, 218kwh/m2/yr London City Hall - 2003 ‘ E’ Rating, 267kwh/m2/yr +30% CO 2/ kwh/m2/yr
- 13. Stamford Brook Findings: Infiltration Lights, loft hatches, wall/floor and wall/roof junctions, partition walls Patio door – unsealed threshold Rooflights leaked around frames, seals and trickle vents Service penetrations particular problem
- 15. Stamford Brook Findings Nominal vs. Realised Heating System Efficiencies Nominal vs. Realised Thermal Bridging Y-values Nominal vs. Realised Fabric U-values ‘ Build-ability’ problems and lack of knowledge Occupant effects – e.g. Removing CFL’s
- 17. If I was to go there, would I start here? UK Construction industry 2008 UK Construction industry 2016
- 19. Solutions ?
- 21. Solutions
- 22. There is Another Way! We have the solutions We have the knowledge We have the research We have the built case-studies Its been done before (Look over the North Sea and oop North at our neighbours...)
- 25. Solutions!
- 35. The Effect of y-values
- 39. Build it efficiently Article: Joseph Little, Deantus Projects Ltd in Construct Ireland Is this the real challenge?
- 44. Matt Robinson Natural Building Technologies