Further investigations relating to climatic exposure and fuel consumption in high rise dwellings

Primary heating fuel consumption by banks of dwellings in a high-rise block has been analysed previously by the author. The studies confirmed that consumption differences between dwellings were the result of dissimilarities in the climatic loading at any one time. More particularly these consumption differences were seen to be the direct result of heat loss caused by differential airflow on and around the building.

This paper extends the earlier studies by analysing secondary heating consumption returns in a similar manner and making comparisons with previous results.