Research and analysis

Solid wall heat losses and the potential for energy saving

This project looks at the performance of solid walls, energy savings from solid wall insulation and improvements to its installation.

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
9 November 2017
Last updated
22 March 2019 鈥� See all updates

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Details

A major project was commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change in 2013 to improve our understanding of energy savings from solid wall insulation and identify possible improvements to its installation. The final reports include:

  • a literature review
  • field investigations
  • a solid wall classification scheme
  • a competition for an improved device to measure heat conductivity
  • investigation of the gap between calculated and actual energy savings from solid wall insulation
  • an in-situ approach to measure wall conductivity
  • recommendations to improve the installation process for solid wall insulation

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Published 9 November 2017
Last updated 22 March 2019 show all updates

  1. Added 3 reports: 鈥楢 route-map for change鈥�, 鈥業n situ U-value measurement method review鈥� and 鈥楥losing the gap. Pre, post-insulation field trial鈥�.

  2. First published.

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