I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. What does Home Performance mean to YOU?
Many of us on this forum have come from a narrower ‘energy efficency’ focus and, I think, struggle sometimes to really envisage the whole house as a system. I think its really important to ensure the Hub has a focus on whole of house performance not just aspects of it (i.e. insulation, ventilation, PV, water).
To describe what we’re about I’ve tried to come up with a reasonable definition of Home Performance.
This is my attempt. What do you think? What’s good? What’s missing? Does it describe what we’re tying to achieve?
“Home performance” is the science and practice of building and improving homes to make them as comfortable, safe, resource efficient and durable as possible. A home that performs well is one that is warm, dry, uses resources efficiently and is affordable to heat and maintain. Good home performance depends on lots of things interacting well – the design of a house, the materials it is built from, the systems and appliances that use energy and water and deal with waste, and the habits and choices of the occupants”.
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