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Next Generation Reference Dwellings for Ireland: A Short Communication

This short word communication presents a validated set of Reference Dwellings (RDs) suitable for use as inputs to a national-scale bottom-up engineering Dwelling Stock Energy Model (DSEM). This research builds upon research by the Irish Building Stock Observatory (IBSO) that characterised 52 RDs for Ireland using Machine Learning (ML) applied to the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) database in 2024. This study analysed and hence selected 20 predominant RDs (from a set of 52) to represent 85% of the Irish housing stock for development, characterisation and validation.

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ChenLu LiKumar RaushanElihu Essien-ThompsonMark MulvileCiara Ahern
Thumbnail link for paper: Dwelling overheating in risk in cool climates: Assessing the risk in the context of retrofit and climate change in Ireland by Mark Mulvile, Seammus Harrington, Chenlu Li, Kumar Raushan, Elihu Essien-Thompson, Mark Mulvile
Thumbnail link for paper: Determining realistic U-values to substitute default U-values in EPC database to make more representative; a case-study in Ireland by Kumar Raushan, Ciara Ahern, Brian Norton
Thumbnail link for paper: Energy Performance Certification: Misassessment due to assuming default heat losses by Ciara Ahern, Brian Norton
Thumbnail link for paper: A generalisable bottom-up methodology for deriving a residential stock model from large empirical databases by Ciara Ahern, Brian Norton
Thumbnail link for paper: Thermal energy refurbishment status of the Irish housing stock by Ciara Ahern, Brian Norton