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Enhancing Energy Affordability in Housing: A De-Montfort University and emh homes Collaboration

This project aims to monitor gas and electricity consumption, temperature, CO2, and humidity levels to understand tenant energy usage. By developing suitable interventions and testing technology effectiveness, house archetypes and user groups will be compared to make energy consumption affordable. With 160 properties of 22 types and 3 user groups selected, existing technology is being applied to overcome gas monitoring challenges. Innovation like secondary meters is being used for precise monitoring. Early results show potential, with plans to extend the project. For more information, contact Andy Stephenson at andy@deepgreensolutions.co.uk.

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Enhancing Energy Affordability in Housing: A De-Montfort University and emh homes Collaboration

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  1. Improving energy affordability A project between De-Montfort University and emh homes

  2. The project • To monitor gas and electricity consumption, temperature, CO2 and Humidity levels • To understand how tenants use energy • Develop a methodology to identify the most suitable interventions. • Test technology to prove its effectiveness. • Compare house archetypes alongside user groups • To make energy consumption affordable

  3. What has been done • 160 properties selected • Represents 22 property types that are most common across the group • 3 user groups identified based upon how people interface with controls • Technology applied from the commercial sector – existing technology • Time delays in procurement and overcoming issues on monitoring gas

  4. Gas Monitoring • A pulse is required, not always available • Many tenants have pre-payment meters – a pulse exists, but not able to monitor • Smart meters – Pulse available but permission to access it must come from the tenant and the operator • Solution – install secondary meters with a pulse after the meter and monitor that. Not always easy

  5. Results • To early to give accurate results

  6. Current • All properties now have monitors • Data is coming in for analysis • Short timescales on gas monitoring, difficult to get accurate comparisons as yet • Electric only properties starting to show interesting results • Looking to extend the project by at least 12 months

  7. Andy Stephenson andy@deepgreensolutions.co.uk

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