• Building Research Establishment (BRE) will develop a new methodology to better measure the energy performance of UK homes.
• The new methodology – ‘SAP 11’ – will be more suited to technologies designed to decarbonise homes, such as heat pumps, renewables and smart technologies.
• SAP 11 is due to be ready in time for the Future Homes Standard, an initiative that will see homes built from 2025 fitted with low-carbon heating.

BRE, the world-leading building science centre, has today announced a new project with BEIS to improve and modernise the methodology used to measure the energy and environmental performance of UK homes.

As part of a three-year project, BRE will be developing a new version of the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), the government’s system for assessing and comparing the energy rating of residential dwellings. This methodology is also used to create the information on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and to show compliance with the energy conservation requirements of Building Regulations in the UK…Read more