I can, rather sadly, quote the stats and policy targets in my sleep… 27 million homes in the UK… 27% of carbon emissions… 70% owner occupied… built environment to be near zero carbon by 2050… 80% of the homes we…
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New Refit West report on real homeowner retrofit journeys
Refit West webinar – an update from the Bristol front line
What will happen when the UK Government’s flagship ‘Green Deal’ retrofit policy hits the rocky reality of public attitudes and behaviour?
Forum for the Future’s Refit West project in Bristol has been piloting just that with local homeowners…
The challenge of turning Refit West into Refit UK
Our homes are responsible for a quarter of the UK’s carbon footprint, and there is now cross-party political support for urgent action to make them much more sustainable.
Improving the energy efficiency of our existing housing stock is one of…
Bath project on solid-wall insulation and renewable energy
Matthew Rees and Phillip Morris, from the Centre for Sustainable Energy, report on the first of 15 retrofits in Bath of hard to treat properties with solid wall insulation and renewable energy measures.
The Bath and Bristol city region has a particularly high proportion of hard-to-treat solid-walled properties ( around 50% of the homes in Bristol) which aren’t currently suitable for mainstream insulation schemes.
But the UK Government won’t meet its tough carbon reduction targets without addressing these so called hard to treat solid wall properties.
WWF report on the economic opportunities of retrofit
This March 2010 report from WWF explores the big opportunities for the UK economy presented by a large-scale carbon-saving retrofit programme.
You can download the full report from thw WWF website here.
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