eprintid: 1465087 rev_number: 41 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/46/50/87 datestamp: 2015-04-10 10:07:27 lastmod: 2021-09-19 23:52:49 status_changed: 2015-04-10 10:07:26 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Burman, E creators_name: Mumovic, D creators_name: Kimpian, J title: Towards measurement and verification of energy performance under the framework of the European directive for energy performance of buildings ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F34 keywords: EPBD, Buildings, Energy performance gap, Measurement & verification note: Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. abstract: 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. date: 2014-12-01 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.102 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: WoS-Lite elements_id: 1007565 doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.102 lyricists_name: Burman, Esfandiar lyricists_name: Mumovic, Dejan lyricists_id: EBURM09 lyricists_id: DMUMO03 full_text_status: public publication: ENERGY volume: 77 pagerange: 153 - 163 issn: 0360-5442 citation: Burman, E; Mumovic, D; Kimpian, J; (2014) Towards measurement and verification of energy performance under the framework of the European directive for energy performance of buildings. ENERGY , 77 153 - 163. 10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.102 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.102>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1465087/1/1-s2.0-S0360544214006835-main.pdf