Consultation on proposed changes to the Government's Standard assessment procedure (SAP)
Publication Year
2009
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Seeks views and feedback to improve the SAP, with further revisions taking place in 2012 and 2015, in line with changes to the Part L of the Building Regulations. Topics under consideration in this review include extremely low energy dwellings, adoption of a monthly calculation, use of updated weather data, carbon dioxide emission factors, boiler systems, inclusion of thermal mass and cooling calculations, hot water energy use, auxiliary energy use and internal heat gains and number of occupants in relation to floor area.
Document History
Draft SAP 2009 consultation package comprising: this background document and consultation questions, the main draft SAP 2009 document, draft SAP 2009 tables and draft SAP 2009 worksheet. Consultation closed on 4 September 2009 (revised date). This consultation is conducted by the BRE on behalf of DECC. No longer applicable as SAP 2009 introduced from October 2010.
Publisher Information
Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Department brings together much of the Climate Change Group, previously housed within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), with the Energy Group from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). From July 2016 became part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
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