Closes the +£104 cost / +4.5 SAP gap on CH2/CH4 (community heating
with CHP-fed mains-gas / oil boilers) by implementing the RdSAP 10
§C / SAP 10.2 Appendix C (PDF p.58) default heat-fraction split:
"If CHP (waste heat or geothermal treat as CHP):
- fraction of heat from CHP = 0.35
- CHP overall efficiency 75%
- heat to power ratio = 2.0
- boiler efficiency 80%"
Verified against the corpus block 9b lodgement: CH2 worksheet (303a)
= 0.3500 + (303b) = 0.6500 + (305) = 1.00 + (306) DLF = 1.45. The
worksheet block 10b cost cascade applies (340a) = (307a) × CHP_price
(Table 12 code 48 = 2.97 p/kWh) + (340b) = (307b) × boiler_price
(Table 12 codes 51-58 = 4.24 p/kWh) with (307a) = 0.35 × (307),
(307b) = 0.65 × (307).
Pre-slice the cascade dispatched single-fuel code 48 (CHP) for every
CHP variant and billed 100% of heat at 2.97 p/kWh, under-charging by
~£104/yr versus the worksheet's 35% × 2.97 + 65% × 4.24 = 3.7945
p/kWh blended rate.
Three layers wired:
1. Datatype — new fields on `MainHeatingDetail`:
- `community_heating_chp_fraction: Optional[float]`
- `community_heating_boiler_fuel_type: Optional[int]`
None on individually-heated dwellings + non-CHP heat networks
(Boilers-only + Heat-pump networks bill at a single Table 12 code
via main_fuel_type, unchanged path).
2. Mapper — new `_elmhurst_community_chp_split(community)` helper +
`_RDSAP_COMMUNITY_CHP_FRACTION_DEFAULT = 0.35` constant. When the
§14.1 Community Heat Source is "Combined Heat and Power": returns
(0.35, boiler_fuel_code) where boiler_fuel_code is resolved from
the §14.1 Community Fuel Type via the existing
`_ELMHURST_COMMUNITY_BOILER_FUEL_TO_TABLE_12` dispatch (gas → 51,
oil → 53, coal → 54).
3. Cascade — `_fuel_cost_gbp_per_kwh` now returns
`chp_frac × CHP_price + (1 - chp_frac) × boiler_price`
when both new fields are set on Main 1. Per [[feedback-spec-
citation-in-commits]] the implementation cites RdSAP 10 §C
verbatim. Non-CHP heat networks + individually-heated certs route
through the existing single-fuel-code branch unchanged.
5 new AAA tests parametrized over the 5 CH corpus variants in
`test_community_heating_mapper_populates_chp_split_fields` assert
the per-variant (chp_fraction, boiler_fuel_code) populates correctly.
Closures vs pre-S0380.171 residuals (heating-systems corpus block 11b):
variant ΔSAP Δcost status
CH1 (Boilers/Gas) +0.5915 -£13.63 unchanged (no CHP split)
CH2 (CHP/Gas) +4.50→-0.0076 -£104→+£0.17 ✓ CLOSED
CH3 (HP/Elec) +0.5915 -£13.63 unchanged (no CHP split)
CH4 (CHP/Oil) +4.50→-0.0076 -£104→+£0.17 ✓ CLOSED
CH6 (CHP/Coal) -3.52→-8.03 +£81→+£185 REGRESSED
The CH6 regression is exposed (not caused) by the spec-correct split:
pre-slice CH6 sat at -3.52 SAP / +£81 by coincidence — the cascade's
CHP-only pricing (2.97 p/kWh) cancelled with cascade DLF=1.45
(Table 12c age G default) against the CH6 worksheet's lodged DLF=1.0.
Per [[feedback-software-no-special-handling]] apply the spec-correct
fix uniformly; the pre-fix near-zero was an offsetting-bugs artifact,
not a deliberate non-spec rule.
The CH6 worksheet (306) DLF=1.0 is a cert-side quirk not currently
surfaced through the Summary PDF: CH4 and CH6 §14 lodgements are
IDENTICAL except for Community Fuel Type ("Mineral oil or biodiesel"
vs "Coal"), yet CH6's worksheet (306) = 1.0000 while CH4's = 1.4500.
The Elmhurst engine appears to override DLF for the coal-CHP combo
via a path not visible in the Summary; a follow-up slice will need to
either (a) add a §17 assessor-lodged DLF extractor or (b) extend the
mapper's age-band → DLF dispatch with a community-fuel-specific
override.
CO2 / PE residuals on all 5 CH variants are unchanged — this slice
touches cost only. The CO2 / PE cascade still needs: (1) the CHP
electricity-credit line (worksheet (464)/(466)/(364)/(366) per SAP
10.2 §13b spec — displaced-electricity reduction), (2) community-HP
COP cascade for CH3 (Table 12 code 41 PE/CO2 isn't divided by COP),
and (3) heat-network overall blended-factor (486)/(386) calc.
Test baseline at HEAD: 926 pass + 1 skipped (was 921 + 1 at
predecessor
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Model Repository
This repository contains the code pertaining to the development of the data science and machine learning products being utilised by Hestia.
The different folders in this repository relate to services that can be used independently, or can be imported and used as part of a larger application
Getting Started
Prerequisites
Dev Container Setup
This repo uses a Docker Compose-based dev container. The model-backend service joins a shared-dev Docker network so it can communicate with other local services (e.g. a frontend container) running on your machine.
VS Code users: The initializeCommand in devcontainer.json creates the shared-dev network automatically before the container starts. No manual step required — just open the repo and select Reopen in Container.
Non-VS Code / CI workflows: Run the following once before starting the container:
make dev-setup
This is idempotent and safe to re-run if the network already exists.
Folders
backend/
This folder contains the code for the fastapi backend service, which provides an interface to much of the functionality in this repository, for the frontend
model_data/
This folder contains related to the reading and preparation of assessment model data, including pulling out epc attributes
Testing
All tests can be run, against the configuration in pytest.ini running
pytest
This will run the complete panel of tests and report on coverage in the locations specified by the pytest.ini file.
To run tests in a specific service, e.g. inside of model_data, simply run
pytest --cov-config=model_data/.coveragerc --cov=model_data
This will produce the test results and coverage reports