SAP 2012: Government's Standard assessment procedure for energy rating of dwellings: 2012 edition (February 2014 and June 2014 updates to incorporate RdSAP 2012)

Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2014
SAP 2012: Government's Standard assessment procedure for energy rating of dwellings: 2012 edition (February 2014 and June 2014 updates to incorporate RdSAP 2012) Download document

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Abstract

Sets out the Government's Standard assessment procedure (SAP) used for assessing the energy performance of dwellings. Uses the following indicators: fabric energy efficiency (FEE), energy consumption per unit floor area, energy cost rating (the SAP rating), environmental impact rating based on CO2 emissions (the EI rating) and dwelling CO2 emission rate (DER).

History

SAP 2012 version 9.92, dated October 2013. Revised February 2014 to include TER calculation for Wales. Revised June 2014 to include RdSAP 2012. Published on behalf of DECC by BRE. Includes December 2014 corrections. SAP was first published by the then DOE and BRE in 1993 and in amended form in 1994. Conventions to be used with it were published in 1996 and amended in 1997. Revised versions were published in 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2009.

Subjects

  • Environmental issues/energy
  • Energy efficiency/Energy Management
  • Building types
  • Housing/residential facilities
  • Special subject areas

Publisher History

The Department brings together much of the Climate Change Group, previously housed within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with the Energy Group from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). From July 2016, DECC became part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

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