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Will Swan En Energy Ho House Lab Laborat atories ‘Energy House: Whole House Testing'

Introduction • About Energy House Labs • Key Benefits • Main Projects • Energy House 2.0 cibse.org/b2plive @CIBSE #Build2Perform

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Controlled Conditions Controlled conditions means that we can repeat tests and remove noise. These are not perfect, but do go some way to reflecting exterior conditions • Temp -13C to 30C • Rain • Solar • Wind • Snow • Human Activity – doors, windows, appliances and incidental gains

Granularity and Reliability of Data Much greater depth of sensoring when compared to field trials as well as reliability and quick resolution of issues. T and rh – 20+ per room and in chamber • Flow and return heat meters • All circuits • All sockets • Smart metering • Comforts rig • Cross sectional testing – coheating, U values, • air tests, thermography

Ability to Make Changes Complexity of field trials is well known. In the Energy House we can be as disruptive as we like! Whole house retrofits • Rapid demonstrators • Iterative improvements – test and change •

Energy Efficiency – Saint Gobain (2013-4) Full Retrofit Full Retrofit Full Retrofit without Full Retrofit without Floor Insulation Floor Insulation Solid Wall Insulation Solid Wall Insulation Performance Glazing Performance Glazing Loft Insulation Loft Insulation Reference Reference Acoustic Test Acoustic Test

Methods for Building Performance Controlled conditions means that we are able to test different building performance methods • Rapid U Values • Quantitative Thermography • Coheating • QUBe • Pulse • SMETERS

Smart Energy Systems – HAVEN (2019) Smart Energy System within the • Energy House Multiple assets under control • Generating, storing, and • consuming energy Rapid demonstrator impossible • to pull together and test in the time anywhere else

Energy House 2 • New facility - £16m part funded by European Regional Development Fund • 2 large-scale chambers • Green field sites • Weather conditions covering 95% of world’s population • Multiple building types • Space for parking in chamber V2G • New energy vectors

Conclusions • Has represented a step change in innovation for the sector • Does not replace field trials, but lets you know if it is worth doing • Provides advantage for UK for rapid prototyping • Where building performance methods can be tested • Energy House 2.0 will be ready June 2021

Questions? w.c.swan@Salford.ac.uk 0161 295 0073 – to get in touch