Housing performance map – add a project
You can now add details for your project here and contribute to our greater understanding of the performance of new homes and their evaluation. The map was originally created for …
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State of the nation review: Performance evaluation of new housing
The inaugural research report of the Building Performance Network is here! Providing a digest of existing research programmes of new homes testing and monitoring, and a guide to all sorts of …
REPORT LAUNCH – State of the Nation: Performance Evalulation of New Housing
Tuesday, 3rd March, BPN will be at Futurebuild to launch the findings of our first research project, State of the Nation: Performance Evalulation of New Housing. See details of the …
Why is the BPN necessary?
Many existing, new and retro-fitted buildings exhibit large gaps between design aspirations and in-use performance. To meet policy objectives and meet the needs of building owners and occupants, in-use performance needs to improve rapidly and radically.
While many people are now aware of performance gaps for energy use and CO2 emissions, fewer people are aware that issues are also evident in technical performance, occupant satisfaction, operating costs, environmental impact and importantly the health of the occupants.
Data is the key to understanding whether we are making the right choices throughout the lifecycle of the building. The UK suffers from a disjointed building performance evaluation sector, where data are inaccessible, study methods are not clear or shared, and decisions are often made on poor or limited data.
As a direct result of these issues, a new initiative has been established, the Building Performance Network (BPN).
