| Thermal envelope | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| IS EN ISO 6946 | Building components and building elements - Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance - Calculation method | Calculation of U-values for walls and roofs |
YES See Section 2. |
| BRE 443 | Conventions for calculating U-values | Calculation methods for the determination of heat transfer through building elements between internal and external environments |
YES See Section 2. |
| IS EN ISO 10456 | Building materials and products - Hygrothermal properties - Tabulated design values and procedures for determining declared design thermal values | List of thermal conductivity values |
YES (listed values for insulation not to be used on New Final) |
| IS EN ISO 13370 | Thermal performance of buildings - Heat transfer via the ground - Calculation methods | U-values for floors |
YES See Section 2 for more information |
| IS EN 13786 | Thermal performance of building components – dynamic thermal characteristics - Calculation methods | Thermal admittances | YES |
| IS EN ISO 13789 | Thermal performance of buildings - transmission heat loss coefficient - Calculation method | Heat loss rate from whole building |
YES (unheated spaces and knee walls) |
| IS EN ISO 14683 | Thermal bridges in building construction - Linear thermal transmittance - Simplified methods and default values | Identification of default PSI values for existing dwellings | YES |
| IS EN 1745 | Masonry and masonry products. Methods for determining thermal properties | Thermal conductivity and thermal resistance of masonry and masonry products | YES |
| Calculation of energy use for heating | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| IS EN ISO 13790 | Thermal performance of buildings - Calculation of energy use for space heating and cooling | Annual heating and cooling energy use for a building | NO |
| IS EN ISO 52016-1 | Energy performance of buildings - Energy needs for heating and cooling, internal temperatures, and sensible and latent heat loads - Part 1: Calculation procedures | Annual heating and cooling energy use for a building | NO |
| Thermal envelope – Windows and doors | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| IS EN ISO 12567-1 | Thermal performance of windows and doors - Determination of thermal transmittance by hot box method— Part 1: Complete windows and doors | U-value measurement for windows and doors |
YES See Section 2 for more information |
| IS EN ISO 12567-2 | Thermal performance of windows and doors - Determination of thermal transmittance by hot box method Part 2: Roof windows and other projecting windows | U-value measurement for windows and doors |
YES See Section 2 for more information |
| IS EN ISO 10077-1 | Thermal performance of windows, doors, and shutters - Calculation of thermal transmittance. Part 1: General | U-values for windows and doors |
YES See Section 2 for more information |
| IS EN ISO 10077-2 | Thermal performance of windows, doors, and shutters - Calculation of thermal transmittance. Part 2: Numerical method for frames | U-values for window frames |
YES See Section 2 for more information |
| IS EN 14351-1 | Windows and doors. Product standard, performance characteristics - Windows and external pedestrian doorsets | Harmonised standard identifying the performance characteristics, test methods and evaluation of conformity |
YES See Section 2 for more information |
| IS EN 410 | Glass in building – Determination of luminous and solar characteristics of glazing | Glazing solar transmittance |
YES See Section 2 for more information |
| IS EN ISO 12631 | Thermal performance of curtain walling - Calculation of thermal transmittance | Assessment of curtain walls | YES |
| Air permeability | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| IS EN ISO 9972 | Thermal performance of buildings. Determination of air permeability of buildings. Fan pressurization method | Permeability testing method |
YES See Section 2 |
| Heating and cooling appliances | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| IS EN 613 | Independent gas-fired convection heaters | Gas fired room heater Testing | YES |
| I.S. EN 13278 | Open fronted gas-fired independent space heaters | Gas fired room heater Testing | YES |
| IS EN 1266 | Independent gas-fired convection heaters incorporating a fan to assist transportation of combustion air and/or flue gases | Gas fired room heater Testing | YES |
| BS 7977-1 | Specification for safety and rational use of energy of domestic gas appliances. Radiant/convectors | Gas fired room heater Testing | YES |
| BS 7977-2 | Specification for safety and rational use of energy of gas domestic appliances. Part 2: Combined appliances: Gas fire/back boiler | Gas fired room heater Testing | YES |
| OFS A102:2004 | Oil fired room heaters with atomising or vaporising burners with or without boilers, heat output up to 25 kW | Oil fired room heater testing | YES |
| IS EN 16510-1 | Residential solid fuel burning appliances – Part 1: general requirements and test methods | Solid fuel room heater testing | YES |
| IS EN 14785 | Residential space heating appliances fired by wood pellets. Requirements and test methods | Wood pellet appliance testing | YES |
| IS EN 303-5 | Heating boilers – part 5: Heating boilers for solid fuels, manually and automatically stoked, nominal heat output of up to 500 kW – Terminology, requirements, testing and marking | Solid fuel boiler testing | YES |
| IS EN 14511-2 | Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps for space heating and cooling and process chillers with electrically driven compressors. Part 2: Test conditions | Heat pump testing |
YES Refer to Section 4. |
| IS EN 255-2 | Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors - Heating mode. Testing and requirements for marking for space heating units (withdrawn), 1997 | Heat pump testing |
YES Refer to Section 4. |
| IS EN 255-3 | Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors - Heating mode - Testing and requirements for marking for sanitary hot water units | Heat pump testing (water heating) |
YES Refer to Section 4. |
| IS EN 16147 | Heat pumps with electrically driven compressors – Testing, performance rating and requirements for marking of domestic water units | Heat pump testing (water heating) |
YES Refer to Section 4. |
| IS EN 14825 | Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors, for space heating and cooling - Testing and rating at part load conditions and calculation of seasonal performance | Heat pump testing |
YES Refer to Section 4. |
| IS EN 50465 | Gas appliances – Combined heat and power appliance of nominal heat input inferior or equal to 70kW | Efficiency of CHP units | YES |
| IS EN 15316-4-2 | Heating systems in buildings - Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies - Part 4-2: Space heating generation systems, heat pump systems | Method of calculation | NO |
| Mechanical ventilation | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| BS EN 13141-6 | Ventilation for buildings. Performance testing of components/products for residential ventilation. Exhaust ventilation system packages used in a single dwelling | Definition of mechanical ventilation duct configuration | Additional test methods apply for SFP of centralised MEV (PCDB) |
| BS EN 13141-7 | Ventilation for buildings - Performance testing of components/products for residential ventilation. Performance testing of a mechanical supply and exhaust ventilation units (including heat recovery) for mechanical ventilation systems intended for single family dwellings, 2004 | Mechanical ventilation heat recovery testing | Additional test methods apply for SFP of centralised MEV (PCDB) |
| SAP Test Method (PCDB) TESTM:01 | SAP Test Method for Centralised Mechanical Supply and Extract Ventilation System Packages with Heat Recovery used in a Single Dwelling | Mechanical ventilation heat recovery testing | YES. Implements EN 13141-6 and EN 13141-7 with specific flow rates for different configurations. |
| Renewables - Solar | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| IS EN 61215 | Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) modules with crystalline solar cells – Design qualification and type approval | Photovoltaic testing | YES |
| IS EN 12975-2 | Thermal solar systems and components – Solar collectors – Part 2: Test methods | Solar panel parameter testing | YES |
| IS EN 9806 | Solar energy – solar thermal collectors – Test methods | Solar panel parameter testing | YES |
| DHW systems and losses | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| BS 1566 | Copper indirect cylinders for domestic purposes. Open vented copper cylinders. Requirements and test methods | Cylinder losses | YES |
| IS EN 12897 | Water Supply - Specification for indirectly heater unvented (closed) storage water heaters | Cylinder losses | YES |
| IS EN 200 | Sanitary tapware, single taps and combination taps for supply systems of type 1 and 2. General technical specifications | Sanitary tapware – single and combination taps | YES |
| IS EN 1112 | Sanitary tapware. Shower outlets for sanitary tapware for water supply systems type 1 and 2. General technical specifications. | Sanitary tapware – shower outlets | YES |
| EN 16941-1 | On-site non-potable water systems - Part 1: Systems for the use of rainwater | Use of rainwater | YES |
| EN 16941-2 | On-site non-potable water systems - Part 2: Systems for the use of treated greywater | Greywater systems | YES |
| BS 8525 - 1 | Part 1 - Greywater systems. Code of Practice | Greywater systems | YES |
| Heat loss in group and DH systems | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| IS EN ISO 12241 | Thermal Insulation for building equipment and industrial installations - Calculation rules | Calculation of pipework losses |
YES For non-default calculation of group and district heating pipework heat loss |
| Heating and hot water system design | |||
| Reference | Title | Content | Relevant for input/test data |
| SR 50-1 | Building services - Code of Practice - Part 1: Water based heating systems in dwellings | Promotes higher standards of quality in the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of domestic plumbing and heating systems |
YES Heat pump system design to SR 50-1 and SR 50-4 is required to support the use of non-default flow temperatures in calculations |
| SR 50-4 | Building services - Part 4: Heat pump systems in dwellings | Guidelines for the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of heat pump systems with an effective rated output up to 70 kW in new and existing dwellings. | |
Some of the standards listed above may not necessarily be shown on test certificates but are cross referenced by other standards shown on the test certificates. For example, a test cert for window thermal performance may list EN 14351-1 rather than EN10077-2. As EN14351-1 is an overarching harmonised standard, which includes the relevant standards for window U-value and solar transmittance such as EN410 and EN10077-2, it may be used for the purposes of BER assessments provided the test certificate is produced by a body with the required accreditation as outlined in the ’General principles‘ section.