SAVING ENERGY RESEARCHED

摘要

The European Commission's Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA) has part funded the AVASH project, which will be co-ordinated by Dr Ryan Southalland Professor Mike McEvoy from the School of Architecture & Design at the University of Brighton. This project entitled Advanced Ventilation Approaches for Social Housing (AVASH) aims to determine the best ventilation strategy for existing social housing in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, from the point of view of energy efficiency and occupant comfort. The project will involve the assessment of a broad range of social housing stock in each of the three countries and advanced sensor equipment will be used to discover the state of their thermal insulation and level of airtightness. Thermographicimaging will be used to assess the thermal performance of the building fabric, while a blower dooris to be used to pressure test the properties to assess their airtightness. Once this has been completed computer simulation techniques, utilising the whole house energy modelling tool ESP-r, will be used to determine the best ventilation strategy for the dwellings. The results of the project will be widely disseminated in the three participant countries, as well as Eastern Europe, and will provide useful data for social housing providers across the continent who are considering upgrading their social housing stock.