Evaluation of energy and indoor environmental performance of a UK passive house dwelling

Liang, Xinxin; Royapoor, Mohammad; Wang, Yaodong; Roskilly, Tony

Abstract

The preliminary findings of the energy and indoor environmental performance of a Passive House dwelling in North East of England is presented in this paper. This dwelling is designed to comply with the Passive House Standard (certified by the International Passive House Association) which aims to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The property benefits from advanced building fabric design and materials, PV array, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery system (MVHR) and high efficiency domestic hot water storage vessel to minimise operational carbon emissions. Power generated by the PV panel, imported grid electricity and mains gas consumption of this house are monitored by a proprietary monitoring package; and data of indoor temperature, relative humidity and resident occupancy at several different locations in the dwelling are also recorded. A computational model of this property was developed using DesignBuilder software. The model was validated using the data monitored on site; and is used to predict and evaluate the performance of the house. The initial findings of this study shows the advantages of Passive House in achieving high thermal comfort and good indoor air quality with much lower energy consumption compares to the national average

Citation

Liang, X., Royapoor, M., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, T. (2016). Evaluation of energy and indoor environmental performance of a UK passive house dwelling.

• Conference Name: Building Simulation & Optimisation 2016
• Conference Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
• Start Date: Sep 12, 2016
• End Date: Sep 14, 2016
• Acceptance Date: May 4, 2016
• Publication Date: Sep 12, 2016
• Deposit Date: Nov 6, 2019
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1140977
• Publisher URL: http://www.bso16.org/
• Related Public URLs: https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/229574