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 SAP and Appendix Q
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SAP and Appendix Q

SAP

SAP is the Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings and is used to demonstrate the compliance for dwellings with Part L of the Building Regulations and to provide energy ratings for dwellings.

Appendix Q

SAP 2005 Appendix Q is the addendum to the Standard Assessment Procedure and allows the energy performance of new technologies and advanced versions of existing technologies to be evaluated and specified within SAP.