This report summarizes the work performed by TIMEPAC concerning the enhancement of EPC schemas through operational data integration. This work is concerned with creating future scenarios to deploy and deliver new methods to implement enhanced EPC schemas. Different partner profiles (e.g., certification bodies, software developers, and research groups) are involved in the deployment of these methods, which embrace the techno-scientific, operational, legislative, and standardisation levels. The aim is to devise new methods and tools to implement enhanced EPC schemas, which focus on the enhancement of EPC schemas through operational data integration.
TIMEPAC partners performed an energy performance assessment of a cluster of buildings, applying new analysis procedures and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. This assessment used a shared methodology to select the buildings for the analyses, collect and gather the data, and perform the energy performance assessment. These procedures are described in Annex A “Guidelines for data collection” and B “Guidelines for data analysis”.
The following analyses of selected buildings in each partner were performed using the shared procedures:
− standard energy performance assessment
− tailored energy performance assessment
− model calibration against monitored data
− indoor environmental quality assessment (for thermal comfort and indoor air quality)
− economic evaluation of energy efficiency measures
− assessment of building automation and control system improvement on the energy performance of the building
These analyses were performed using ad hoc calculation sheets. TIMEPAC partners could assess the procedures’ relevance, propose possible enhancements, and underline application issues by applying the analyses to different case studies.