Consultation outcome

Public consultation on proposals to amend the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 16 November 2016
• Last updated: 17 November 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

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Proposed changes to government’s Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP): government response

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Detail of outcome

The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is the UK methodology for assessing the energy and environmental performance of homes. In November 2016, government consulted on changes to how SAP assesses the energy performance of homes, to keep pace with research, innovation and technology developments. This document sets out our response to that feedback, to be reflected in the updated version of the methodology, SAP 10 (referred to as SAP 2016 within the consultation document).

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation proposes changes to how SAP assesses the energy performance of homes.

This consultation ran from
1pm on 16 November 2016 to 5pm on 27 January 2017

Consultation description

The SAP assessment is used for many purposes – including compliance with Building Regulations, and to produce Energy Performance Certificates. This consultation sets out twenty areas of the methodology which are under review and seeks views on proposed changes. Comments are welcome on any part of SAP.

In addition to the consultation document below, draft specifications for the new versions of SAP are available on the BRE website with cSAP available through the ISAP site.

Technical working papers with the evidence base supporting the consultation document are via BRE.

Documents

Proposed changes to Government's Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) - Consultation document

PDF, 719 KB, 43 pages

Published 16 November 2016
Last updated 17 November 2017 + show all updates

1. 17 November 2017

   Consultation response.

2. 16 November 2016

   First published.