Monitoring and Evaluation Protocols

Coheating testing is a means to determine a real life whole-house heat loss rate: this rate is linked to thermal losses through the fabric, plus losses from air-leakage, again through the fabric.

Post-construction stage (pre-handover)

• Install and test all monitoring equipment
• Complete co-heating test to test fabric heat loss and carry out additional diagnostic testing where necessary
• Air-tightness test before and after coheating test

Occupancy stage

• Measure all energy, heat and water consumption in homes and establish whether homes are performing as expected
• Assess the performance of homes from the user perspective
• Carry out more detailed tests on home technologies (MVHR, wind, PV, solar thermal, heat pump) on proportion of new homes
• Compare performance of different house types
• Monitor the strategy in order to refine and improve the approach

Post Construction Stage

• Fabric Performance
• 3 week Coheating Test including
• 10 day Recording Period
• Commissioning Process Evaluation Occupancy Evaluation of Show Home

Occupancy Stage

• Occupancy Levels and Use Patterns
• Weather Data
• Thermal Environment
• External Openings
• Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation
• Energy Use/Carbon Dioxide Emissions
• Energy Audit (DomEARM)
• Water Consumption

Carbon Challenge - South Bank, Peterborough

The Carbon Challenge (CC) programme aims to accelerate the housebuilding industry’s response to climate change by fast-tracking the creation of a number of zero carbon communities.

The key objective is to raise the environmental performance of new communities while still delivering quality and high standards of design.

The Challenge aims to equip the development industry with the skills and technology needed to meet the 10-year environmental goals being set by the Government for new housing development. In particular, it will act as a testing ground for the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) and the new Planning Policy Statement on climate change. It is anticipated that a total of five major public and private sector sites will be identified, each of which can support around 200 homes.

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For further information about Coheating testing and its benefits please call Stroma on 0845 621 22 22