2. "We are now entering an age of consequences"
Winston Churchill
"Every no takes you one step closer to a yes"
Winston Churchill to sport artist Paul Trevillion
4. Retro-fit: the opportunity...
To achieve an 80% reduction in carbon by 2050:
I 600,000+ housing retrofits every year
I 2,500 retrofits per working day
I 333 per working hour
I 5.5 a minute!
In the South East region:
I 45 retrofits per working hour costing £1,000,000 per working hour!
Creating the largest ever UK engineering and construction project if £20-30,000
is to be spent per home to achieve the 80% targets.
Totaling £16.05 Billion (at 2007 costs according to BERR)
5. What is the real retro-fit challenge?...
I Complex and involving process
I Dealing with good and bad standards of original construction
I Every site is unique
I Behaviour of the suppliers, contractors and tenants
I Upskilling and educating the supply chain
I Sourcing products and technologies (least of our problems!?)
I Cost and ROI
6. New build housing...
I Exemplar new build social housing scheme designed 1999
I PRP Architects
I Huge housing portfolio and experience
I Southampton CC support and Hyde Housing Association commission
I POE study
I Lessons to take from construction shortfalls including renewables
8. Retro-fit housing...
I Passivhaus targets for a retro-fit home
I Prewett Bizley Architects
I 22 kWh / m 2 achieved
I Victorian terrace
I MVHR and air tightness challenges
I Owned by a Building Physicist!
10. York stone barn retro-fit
I Low carbon conversion
I HPW designed
I GSHP
I Triso super 10 insulation
I POE study ongoing
I Listed exterior
I Owner living through building works
22. Rushden Lakes - New leisure, tourism and retail destination in the Nene Valley
Marina
Skew Bridge Ski lake
Boathouse Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
Visitors Centre
Restaurant
Restaurant
Retail Terrace C
Hotel
Ctreche
Garden Centre
Leisure Club
Retail Terrace A Retail Terrace B
Drive-thru