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Heating patterns; Heating demand temperature; Heating duration; Occupancy schedules; Building stock models; BREDEM; UCL Energy Institute

Heating patterns in English homes: national survey vs common model assumptions

Submitted by Laure Ballu on
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Heating patterns; Heating demand temperature; Heating duration; Occupancy schedules; Building stock models; BREDEM; UCL Energy Institute

Hightlights of this open access article published in Building and Environment:

• Building stock models need to revise some of their assumptions on space heating.

• Weekends and weekdays are similar in their heating pattern and duration.

• Estimated heating demand temperature is slightly lower than the assumed 21 °C.

• Homes differ widely in their hours of heating and their demand temperature.

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