The reality of English living rooms – A comparison of internal temperatures against common model assumptions

Highlights of this open access article published in Energy and Buildings:

• Mean temperatures in English homes are below the assumed 21 °C.
• Periods of temperatures of 21 °C are shorter than assumed in building stock models.
• Weekends and weekdays are similar in internal temperatures.
• Homes differ widely in internal temperatures.

Article freely accessible: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778813004131

Authors: Gesche M. Huebner, Megan McMichael, David Shipworth, Michelle Shipworth, Mathieu Durand-Daubin, Alex Summerfield