SPAB Building Performance Survey 2019 - Final Report May 2020
Author(s): ArchiMetrics Ltd
This report is one of a series of nine reports on the effects of energy efficiency refurbishment in a variety of traditional buildings. The research was carried out by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) with support from Historic England. The project measured several metrics in seven buildings prior to changes made in the name of improving energy efficiency. This ‘base case’ performance data included: wall U-values; interstitial and internal surface wall moisture; room conditions, including air quality, air permeability, and a thermographic survey. Following refurbishment these measurements were repeated, some over six years, with the project focusing, in particular, on the performance of moisture within insulated wall fabric. The findings are presented in the form of seven interim reports: the first report (130/2011) records the base case performance data, then there six further interim reports (57/2012, 95/2013, 114/2014, 126/2015, 102/2016, and 89/2017); and the final report (231/2020) collates and summarises the research work. There is also a report on the hydrothermal modelling of the case study house (59/2012).
- Report Number:
- 231/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 81
- Keywords:
- Energy Efficiency Traditional Construction Building and Landscape Conservation Walls Retrofit Traditional Moisture
