SAP software recommendations?

[Drellingore]

'ello folks,

 

Is Elmhurst's Design SAP 10 the go-to for DIY SAP calculations?

 

I need to do SAP calcs for our barn conversion, and we ideally need to get to 110+ for the best possible interest rate discount from Ecology Building Society. We were previously aiming for EnerPHit standards (Passivhaus for conversions), but we'd need to go through all the palaver of certifying to get the discount from the mortgage lender. I want to try the calcs myself rather than paying someone else to play 'thermal battleships' via an email exchange.

 

We appointed a certified Passivhaus professional, and feel pretty let down by his dogmatic ways: for weeks we've been asking about solar glass, and he eventually delivered a design that required 77% opaque shutters on every window, including north and east-facing, which would require a new planning application. He refused to look into solar glass ("it'll change the quality of the light" and "I've never used it before") and then wanted to charge an extra hourly rate to do the thing we'd been asking for for weeks. So I got a Passivhaus licence, and within twenty minutes had proven that solar glass would mean no shutters required while staying within heat demand and overheating limits.

 

BTW, for folks that remember my journey to this point: Grand Designs have commissioned the episode. Paperwork is to be signed next week.

[SteamyTea]

12 minutes ago, Drellingore said:

Grand Designs have commissioned the episode.

So you will be let down by the window supplier, get pregnant and have a death.  Not to mention KM talking in whispers behind your back, but to the camera.

You can tell him that he was right about a comment I made that he replied to, was about thermal mass, and I was a teacher when I made it.

[JohnMo]

Hope your house is a behemoth of a house he hates them.

[BotusBuild]

32 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

So you will be let down by the window supplier, get pregnant and have a death

Don't forget going over budget

[SteamyTea]

Just now, BotusBuild said:

Don't forget going over budget

Shopping in Budgens will do that for you.

 

[JohnMo]

2 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

Shopping in Budgens will do that for you.

 

Going to Costco does, wife wanted some more dishcloths, managed to spend £300, on what not much idea.

[Drellingore]

😆

 

Cheers for the all the insight into SAP, folks 😉

 

I gather that over the years one of the things that has changed is that Kevin McCloud is involved in the commissioning process now. This means that they filter out all the things he doesn't like, so he's not forced into the position of having to present something he disapproves of.

 

Guessing we're not Grand Designs fans here, then? I saw a thread previously accusing it of being "woke", which I found rather curious having worked for a Bay-area tech company. I suspect my definition of "woke" differs quite significantly from the average self-builder's 😄

[JohnMo]

What does

37 minutes ago, Drellingore said:

"woke"

Even mean, except I just woke up, only time I ever heard it mentioned. Must live a sheltered life.

 

I'm a fan of Grand Designs, could do with more technical details, but is only a hour program with adverts.

[SteamyTea]

8 minutes ago, JohnMo said:

could do with more technical details, but is only a hour program with adverts

For an audience that failed GCSE science and are scared of numbers without a £ sign in front of them.

[DevilDamo]

So are you a qualified and accredited SAP assesor?

[JohnMo]

25 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

For an audience that failed GCSE science and are scared of numbers without a £ sign in front of them.

Most possibly never did the a science subject.  But doesn't mean you have to take things down to a level, to fit the lowest common denominator.

[saveasteading]

14 hours ago, Drellingore said:

Grand Designs have commissioned the episode.

Interested to know why you volunteered.