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Building performance – minding the gap

The energy performance gap – the difference between what buildings are designed to do and what they actually achieve – can cost homeowners hundreds of pounds extra in heating bills each year, and cause new homes to emit far more carbon dioxide than they should. So, what’s causing the gap and what can we do to tackle it? Douglas Drewniak explores.

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Energy World October 2018 p18.pdf

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Journal title: Energy World

Publisher: Energy Institute

Subjects: Building, Energy efficiency

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