PREDICT – PRedicting Energy using Dynamic Indicators in a Calibrated Tool Development of an adaptive in-use factor tool to reduce the energy performance gap in buildings

Project Description

This project addresses the discrepancy of theoretical and actual measured energy use in individual dwellings and its impact on building energy ratings/energy performance certificates in Ireland. In particular, the project focuses on developing an adaptive in-use factor (IUF) tool to predict occupied building energy use. Parameters of various defined influence are applied alongside building and energy system information to account for multiple occupancy and in-use cases. This project will use large datasets to define and validate the IUF based on monitored data, surveys, interviews, and calibrated physics models. The large database, consolidated and added to during the project, will also be made publicly available, to facilitate the expedition of future building stock and energy policy research in Ireland.