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SAP 2012 conventions
Publication Year
2021
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Conventions to improve the quality and accuracy of energy performance certificates (EPC); covering general arrangements, dimensions, openings, ventilation, U-values and thermal bridging, space heating, DHW heating, renewables, summer overheating and miscellaneous issues.
Document History
Version 8.2, March 2021. SAP 2012 was until recently used for building regulation compliance in new dwellings in England and Wales (Part L) from 31 July 2014. But SAP 10.2 has been adopted in these administrations for all new assessments. SAP 2012 still applies for the 2015 accredited details document in Scotland (Section 6) from 1 October 2015. Published on behalf of DECC by BRE.
Publisher Information
Department of Energy and Climate Change
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 became part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
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DECC
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