Professor Chris Tweed (PI), Dr Simon Lannon

Project description

This project plans to create an energy data resource for social housing in Wales through which housing and energy efficiency policies such as the Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) can be monitored. The project will recruit households from the social housing sector and use data obtained from the social landlords to monitor the impact of interventions. The SERL observatory will be used as a control to compare results with the wider UK housing stock.

The outcomes of this research will report the impact on the energy used by households of wall, roof, and floor insulation, heating system changes, heating fuel changes, ventilation system changes and routine maintenance.