This report presents the findings and outcomes of testing the three energy performance assessment methods developed in the ePANACEA project. The objective of the testing was to assess the effectiveness and applicability of these methods in various real-case scenarios across the ePANACEA partners’ countries through study buildings. The report provides an overview of the selected cases, outlines the methodology and validation process, presents the outputs and compares the values derived through the current national EPC methodology with those derived through the three ePANACEA assessment methods.
To compare the three methods and the national EPC methodology, each country selected three existing buildings of various types, local geographical areas, sizes, and ages and collected all important building’ data. A total of 15 buildings were selected from Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece and Spain. For each case study, the input data used for the EPC calculation and the related output were documented to directly compare with the corresponding outputs of the three developed methods.
Finally, the decision matrix implemented in the SEPAP tool supports users in deciding which assessment method to choose, i.e., which is the most suitable according to the availability and quality of building and energy data and the level of output detail needed.