Insurance-backed warranty for whole life housing energy performance (I-LIFE)

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)

Applied Research and Development

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation)

Project Contact
Encraft Limited

Collaborative Research & Development

Innovate UK

01 October 2015

31 March 2018

30 months

£549,276

West Midlands

Competition Call: 1502_CRD2_BUIL_BWLP - Building whole-life performance. Activity Building whole-life performance

Project Contact, Encraft Limited

Project Contact, Sch of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University
Project Contact, Willmott Dixon Energy Services
Project Contact, Building Lifeplans Limited
Project Contact, Virtechs Limited
Project Contact, Amberley Advisors Ltd

The I-LIFE project is seeking to develop a new insurance product for the construction industry. The product will give insurance backing to a warranty for whole life energy performance. The focus of our work is on new build housing in the social or private sector. The primary challenge for the project is to develop energy prediction algorithms which accurately predict performance in use and can be translated into an insurance product. Developing a deep understanding of the energy performance gap will be critical to success. The project team is led by Encraft, an SME with expertise in building physics and the main project partners include; Building LifePlans, a insurance provider with expertise in whole life costing analysis; Oxford Brookes University who specialise in building performance evaluation and socio-technical approaches to enhancing energy performance; and Willmott Dixon, a volume housebuilder providing a potential route to market. The project will run for 30 months from September 2015 and will include a 12month pilot testing phase. Findings will be widely disseminated through industry networks, events and published papers. Finance Summary Table How to complete this sectionThe I-LIFE project is seeking to develop a new insurance product for the construction industry. The product will give insurance backing to a warranty for whole life energy performance. The focus of our work is on new build housing in the social or private sector. The primary challenge for the project is to develop energy prediction algorithms which accurately predict performance in use and can be translated into an insurance product. Developing a deep understanding of the energy performance gap will be critical to success. The project team is led by Encraft, an SME with expertise in building physics and the main project partners include; Building LifePlans, a insurance provider with expertise in whole life costing analysis; Oxford Brookes University who specialise in building performance evaluation and socio-technical approaches to enhancing energy performance; and Willmott Dixon, a volume housebuilder providing a potential route to market. The project will run for 30 months from September 2015 and will include a 12month pilot testing phase. Findings will be widely disseminated through industry networks, events and published papers. Finance Summary Table How to complete this sectionThe I-LIFE project is seeking to develop a new insurance product for the construction industry. The product will give insurance backing to a warranty for whole life energy performance. The focus of our work is on new build housing in the social or private sector. The primary challenge for the project is to develop energy prediction algorithms which accurately predict performance in use and can be translated into an insurance product. Developing a deep understanding of the energy performance gap will be critical to success. The project team is led by Encraft, an SME with expertise in building physics and the main project partners include; Building LifePlans, a insurance provider with expertise in whole life costing analysis; Oxford Brookes University who specialise in building performance evaluation and socio-technical approaches to enhancing energy performance; and Willmott Dixon, a volume housebuilder providing a potential route to market. The project will run for 30 months from September 2015 and will include a 12month pilot testing phase. Findings will be widely disseminated through industry networks, events and published papers. Finance Summary Table How to complete this sectionThe I-LIFE project is seeking to develop a new insurance product for the construction industry. The product will give insurance backing to a warranty for whole life energy performance. The focus of our work is on new build housing in the social or private sector. The primary challenge for the project is to develop energy prediction algorithms which accurately predict performance in use and can be translated into an insurance product. Developing a deep understanding of the energy performance gap will be critical to success. The project team is led by Encraft, an SME with expertise in building physics and the main project partners include; Building LifePlans, a insurance provider with expertise in whole life costing analysis; Oxford Brookes University who specialise in building performance evaluation and socio-technical approaches to enhancing energy performance; and Willmott Dixon, a volume housebuilder providing a potential route to market. The project will run for 30 months from September 2015 and will include a 12month pilot testing phase. Findings will be widely disseminated through industry networks, events and published papers. Finance Summary Table How to complete this sectionThe I-LIFE project is seeking to develop a new insurance product for the construction industry. The product will give insurance backing to a warranty for whole life energy performance. The focus of our work is on new build housing in the social or private sector. The primary challenge for the project is to develop energy prediction algorithms which accurately predict performance in use and can be translated into an insurance product. Developing a deep understanding of the energy performance gap will be critical to success. The project team is led by Encraft, an SME with expertise in building physics and the main project partners include; Building LifePlans, a insurance provider with expertise in whole life costing analysis; Oxford Brookes University who specialise in building performance evaluation and socio-technical approaches to enhancing energy performance; and Willmott Dixon, a volume housebuilder providing a potential route to market. The project will run for 30 months from September 2015 and will include a 12month pilot testing phase. Findings will be widely disseminated through industry networks, events and published papers. Finance Summary Table How to complete this sectionThe I-LIFE project is seeking to develop a new insurance product for the construction industry. The product will give insurance backing to a warranty for whole life energy performance. The focus of our work is on new build housing in the social or private sector. The primary challenge for the project is to develop energy prediction algorithms which accurately predict performance in use and can be translated into an insurance product. Developing a deep understanding of the energy performance gap will be critical to success. The project team is led by Encraft, an SME with expertise in building physics and the main project partners include; Building LifePlans, a insurance provider with expertise in whole life costing analysis; Oxford Brookes University who specialise in building performance evaluation and socio-technical approaches to enhancing energy performance; and Willmott Dixon, a volume housebuilder providing a potential route to market. The project will run for 30 months from September 2015 and will include a 12month pilot testing phase. Findings will be widely disseminated through industry networks, events and published papers. Finance Summary Table How to complete this section

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