TY  - JOUR
ID  - discovery1465087
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.102
EP  -  163
N2  - Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the Energy Performance of Buildings has led to major developments in energy policies followed by the EU Member States. The national energy performance targets for the built environment are mostly rooted in the Building Regulations that are shaped by this Directive. Article 3 of this Directive requires a methodology to calculate energy performance of buildings under standardised operating conditions. Overwhelming evidence suggests that actual energy performance is often significantly higher than this standardised and theoretical performance. The risk is national energy saving targets may not be achieved in practice. The UK evidence for the education and office sectors is presented in this paper. A measurement and verification plan is proposed to compare actual energy performance of a building with its theoretical performance using calibrated thermal modelling. Consequently, the intended vs. actual energy performance can be established under identical operating conditions. This can help identify the shortcomings of construction process and building procurement. Once energy performance gap is determined with reasonable accuracy and root causes identified, effective measures could be adopted to remedy or offset this gap.
AV  - public
SN  - 0360-5442
Y1  - 2014/12/01/
TI  - Towards measurement and verification of energy performance under the framework of the European directive for energy performance of buildings
A1  - Burman, E
A1  - Mumovic, D
A1  - Kimpian, J
JF  - ENERGY
KW  - EPBD
KW  -  Buildings
KW  -  Energy performance gap
KW  -  Measurement & verification
SP  - 153 
VL  - 77
N1  - Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
ER  -