What three generations of UK homes can teach us about housing retrofit
Retrofit in the Real World
Discover what happens when retrofit moves beyond predicted performance and into the real world.
Our new specialist report, produced with Liverpool John Moores University, explores the first 12 months of continuous monitoring from three retrofitted test homes representing typical UK properties from the 1920s, 1970s and 2010s.
The findings reveal significant improvements in energy performance, operational carbon and building fabric, but also demonstrate why successful retrofit cannot be measured by a single metric or approached in the same way for every home.
What you'll learn in this report
Inside, you'll find real-world data from the first 12 months of an ongoing 18 to 24-month monitoring programme, examining energy, carbon, cost, comfort and building performance across three different housing archetypes.
You'll discover:
- Why one size doesn’t fit all, and how different generations of homes respond to retrofit in very different ways.
- What the data really tells us about energy, carbon and cost, including why improvements in efficiency don't always translate directly into equivalent financial savings.
- How significant the impact can be, with operational carbon emissions falling by an average of 85.5% per property across the three test homes.
- Why you need to look beyond energy efficiency, considering comfort, moisture, ventilation and overheating as part of successful retrofit.
- Four practical lessons for better retrofit, helping housing providers make more informed, evidence-led decisions about their housing stock.
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