Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Domestic Energy usage

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Author: Dr A. J. Trickett
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Domestic Energy usage
On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 at 09:49:37AM +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> >> Our house was built in 1936 and has a EPC rating of "E" and an estimated
> >> energy use of 314 kWh/m2/year. Last year we ran the house at an actual
> >> energy use of 85 kWh/m2/year. What the inspector said and what is real are
> >> quite different. I'm just curious if anyone else has calculated or would be
> >> willing to calculate and share their domestic energy footprint?
> >>
> >
> > I remember a landlord friend complaining that he'd done all the cavity wall
> > and loft insulation, etc., that the authorities demanded, then when the
> > inspectors came they marked the "cavity wall insulation" entry as "presumed
> > not". They didn't even ask.


Sadly I think that is par for the course...

>
> I have had a EPC done when I sold my house.
> The method they do it is very simple.
> Count number of door and windows. Makes an extimate as to how much
> insulation is there, and picks a letter.
> It is an extremely rough estimate, and not worth the paper it is
> written on in my view.


I suspect that is probably true. The certificate for our house is
nothing like reality.

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