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Dimplex heat-pump data can be used in SAP calculations
Published:  June 2010
Dimplex, heat pump

Dimplex heat pumps are included in the SAP Appendix Q list, which enables their true performance, instead of default COPs, to be incorporated into carbon-emissions calculations for new dwellings using an online database developed by BRE.

The online Appendix Q tool includes certified heat-pump performance data at a range of standard operating conditions for both heating and hot water. This data can be modelled in SAP against a building’s characteristics to provide an accurate, building-specific, heat-pump seasonal performance factor for heating and domestic hot water.

Overall system efficiency is than converted into CO2 emissions for including in the SAP dwelling emission rate calculation.


For more information on this story, click here: June 10, 179



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