Model/datatypes/epc
Khalim Conn-Kowlessar 3e05c95e65 fix(wall-U): apply RdSAP Table 4 "Sheltered" R=0.5 to alternative walls
Audit of the API-SAP error (53% within 0.5) localised the systematic
under-rate to ELECTRIC FLATS (houses sit at 60-66% within 0.5; electric
flats 13-19%). Decomposing the flat error showed it tracks space-heating
demand per m² — the worst certs reach 130-289 kWh/m² (accurate certs sit
at 14-110), i.e. a grossly over-stated fabric heat loss, amplified ~4x by
the electricity unit price and the steep low-band SAP log curve.

Root cause: the gov-EPC API lodges `sheltered_wall="Y"` on alternative
wall sub-areas (a sub-area adjacent to an unheated buffer — stair core,
adjoining structure), but the field was dropped by the schema + domain
dataclasses and the calculator billed the alt sub-area at its full
exposed U. RdSAP 10 Table 4 (PDF p.22) "Sheltered": such a wall carries
an added external surface resistance R=0.5 m²K/W → U_sheltered =
1/(1/U + 0.5) — the SAME adjustment the main wall already applies for
`gable_wall_type=2` (`gable_wall_sheltered`,
`_SHELTERED_GABLE_ADDED_RESISTANCE_M2K_W`). Cert 0340-2976 (band-A flat,
42 m² sheltered timber-frame alt) over-stated its wall channel by
~58 W/K → walls 128 -> 70 W/K.

Threads the field end-to-end: schema dataclasses (21.0.0/21.0.1) +
domain `SapAlternativeWall.is_sheltered` (default False — the Summary/
Elmhurst path leaves it False, sheltering rides through its lodged
U-value there, so goldens are untouched) + `from_api_response` mapping
`"Y"->True` + `_alt_wall_w_per_k` applying the 0.5 resistance on the
cascade path (lodged-U and basement alt-walls return before it).

140 certs (15% of the corpus) carry a sheltered alt-wall; they under-
rated at median -0.82 / mean signed -1.33 / 23% within 0.5. Eval: 102
improved, 38 regressed (offsetting-error cases — fix is spec-uniform per
[[feedback_software_no_special_handling]]); within-0.5 53.14% -> 54.24%,
within-1.0 67.99% -> 69.64%, within-2.0 81.85% -> 83.50%, mean|err|
1.312 -> 1.248, 909 computed / 0 raises. Goldens (6035, 000565) and full
calc/epc/parser regression green; pyright net-zero.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-08 22:49:42 +00:00
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domain fix(wall-U): apply RdSAP Table 4 "Sheltered" R=0.5 to alternative walls 2026-06-08 22:49:42 +00:00
loaders demo generated for use in address2uprn 2026-05-08 14:48:15 +00:00
schema fix(wall-U): apply RdSAP Table 4 "Sheltered" R=0.5 to alternative walls 2026-06-08 22:49:42 +00:00
search bolstering testing 2026-04-28 13:46:09 +00:00
surveys S0380.234: PV diverter (Appendix G4) — diverts surplus PV to the cylinder 2026-06-04 22:59:12 +00:00
__init__.py testing out rebaselining 2026-02-12 22:25:03 +00:00
construction_age_band.py testing out rebaselining 2026-02-12 22:25:03 +00:00
efficiency.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
floor.py preparing partiy class 2026-02-05 08:54:27 +00:00
fuel.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
heating_controls.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
hotwater.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
main_heating.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
property_type_built_form.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
roof.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
walls.py beginning to assembly the parity class 2026-02-04 18:34:59 +00:00
windows.py testing out rebaselining 2026-02-12 22:25:03 +00:00