Retrofit

Sero, Virgin Money and Rightmove are partnering for a government project to encourage energy efficiency. Virgin Money is acting as lead organisation for the POWER (Partnership Outputs Working to Enable […]

Somerset Climate Action Network (SomersetCAN) in collaboration with Somerset Council and Frome, Glastonbury, and Bruton Town Councils, have successfully bid for a £50,000 grant to set up a not-for-profit service […]

SIGOMA, the campaigning network of urban local authorities, is calling for an immediate investment of £10bn to improve the efficiency of 10% of the most deprived households across England. Analysis […]

Lendology has released The Private Sector Housing Report, which calls on councils to make housing retrofit a priority and support homeowners. Working with The Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE), Lendology […]

The forthcoming ECO+ has been renamed the Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS). It is a supplier obligation, which sits alongside schemes such as ECO4 and ECO Flex, that is being developed […]

VINCI Facilities has been awarded a £9m, three-year retrofit contract by Southern Housing. Taking a fabric first, whole house approach, these works will improve Southern Housing’s homes to a minimum […]

Double glazing is the most popular energy-saving improvement carried out by home owners, according to new research by Legal & General Surveying Services. Upgrading windows was slightly more popular than […]

Owners and managers of historic and listed buildings can access new guidance on how to make their homes or businesses more energy efficient from Warwick District Council. The guide provides information on […]

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published a consumer guide about the use of spray foam as a method of insulating residential properties. The RICS spray foam guide […]

Retrofitting the UK’s historic buildings could generate £35bn of economic output a year, according to a new report from the National Trust, Peabody, Historic England, The Crown Estate and Grosvenor. […]

A new National Retrofit Hub has been created to drive the rollout of retrofit in the UK’s existing homes. The National Retrofit Hub is backed by over 40 organisations including […]

Greater Manchester is partnering with Daikin on a low-carbon project that will retrofit 1,000 homes. The partnership will also see Greater Manchester become a test-bed for new net zero technologies […]