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Summary of Work - STP Module 8:  Residential and Commercial Technologies

1997/98

Summary of Year 1 (1997/98) Deliverables

Project:

S0801 - Living and working in the 21st Century

Deliverable:

Report summarising the potential extent of the requirement for electrical building services and communications infrastructures, both within the home and external to the home, created changes in demography and lifestyle

Deliverable:

Report analysing the costs of improved insulation in a new dwelling and the savings that can be made in the cost of the heating system capital and running cost

 

 

Project:

S0803 - Energy labelling simulations

Deliverable:

Report on simulations

 

 

Project:

S0806 - Future electric heating systems

Deliverable:

Requirements specification

 

 

Project:

S0807 - Occupant comfort and plant sizing in mixed mode buildings

Deliverable:

Final report and summary paper

 

 

Project:

S0808 - Methodologies for the rapid development of optimised scheduling strategies for time related pricing

Deliverable:

Report illustrating the technology for the development of real time pricing schedulers; a short, layman's language, information sheet, summarising the applications of the work

 

 

Project:

S0809 - Refrigeration design using non-ozone depleting refrigerants

Deliverable:

Final IEA Annex report showing the following:  the current uses of natural refrigerants around the world; the legislation which affects their use and the likely changes to the legislation; R&D results on a range of projects studying the use of natural refrigerants; results of international field trial studies on the use of natural refrigerants

Deliverable:

Internal EA Technology report identifying areas where further project work, either STP or sponsored (jointly with refrigeration users/suppliers) would assist in promoting members' interests

Deliverable:

Distribution of reports to participants, selected customers and suppliers

 

 

Project:

S0811 - Carbon dioxide emissions due to electrical building services

Deliverable:

CO2 emissions as a function of time

Deliverable:

Software to allow CO2 emissions to be calculated

Deliverable:

Workshop and publications in CIBSE Journal and Electrical Review

 

 

Project:

S0812 - UV disinfection in domestic fridges

Deliverable:

Report on feasibility of UV in fridges

 

 

Project:

S0814 - Ground source heat pumps and cooling

Deliverable:

Report plus recommendations for further work

Deliverable:

Reports on cooling trials and 'flicker'

 

 

Project:

S0817 - Optimised insulation regulations and demonstration

Deliverable:

Proposed set of Super Insulation Regulations

 

 

1998/99

Summary of Year 2 (1998/99) Deliverables

Project:

S0824 - High efficiency cooling for commercial buildings

Deliverable:

Design guide focusing on system advantages and disadvantages

 

 

Project:

S0827 - Building energy efficiency meter

Deliverable:

Feasibility and external demonstrations

Deliverable:

Feasibility report and external data

 

 

Project:

S0830 - Review of the performance of gas fired air conditioning systems

Deliverable:

Report on relative performance and environmental impact of gas fired and electrical air conditioning systems

 

 

Project:

S0833 - High efficiency MVHR

Deliverable:

Short report on review of MVHR units

 

 

Project:

S0834 - Applications of localised heating

Deliverable:

Review of market requirements and market size (short report)

Deliverable:

Report on suitable electric heating systems and the possible savings

 

 

Project:

S0835 - Photocatalytic purification of indoor air

Deliverable:

Report on potential markets and prospects for further development

 

 

Project:

S0837 - Module co-ordination

Deliverable:

An efficient service for the module participants

 

 

Project:

S0840 - Esicheck support

Deliverable:

User support over the year and improvements to current program

 

 

Project:

S0841 - domestic heating design software

Deliverable:

Continuing advice and support to ESIDOM users

Deliverable:

Ensure ESIDOM is Year 2000 compliant and distribute a new version if required

Deliverable:

A file of building component data to current building regulations

Deliverable:

A set of enhancements to ESIDOM as agreed with the sponsors

 

 

Project:

S0843 - Review of EA Technology Projects 1988-98

Deliverable:

Report

 

 

Project:

S0844 - Function/market/technology analysis (Stage 1)

Deliverable:

Background information, meeting and final report

 

 

Project:

S0845 - Destratification in high ceiling rooms

Deliverable:

Report

 

 

Project:

S0848 - Specification for Esicheck replacement and changes to existing program

Deliverable:

Functional specification for replacement

Deliverable:

Changes to existing Esicheck program as specified by STP 8 members

Deliverable:

Complete software changes to Esicheck - central plant from Windows, additional capital costs, and enhanced outputs

 

 

Project:

S0851 - Domestic hot water technical information sheet

Deliverable:

New technical information sheet

 

 

Project:

S0852 - Low energy housing seminar

Deliverable:

Paper given at HEES meeting

 

 

1999/2000

Summary of Year 3 (1999/2000) Deliverables

Project:

S0861 - Continued communication with STP 8 members

Deliverable:

Brief information reports

 

 

 

 

Updated 6 January 2000

 

 

 

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