Including the closely related terms retrofit, and retrofitting.
… addressing brownfield sites, housing developments and vacant land and car parks, public parks, roadsides. Recommendation no: 25 Theme: Food, Farming and Land Use Strongly agree: 53% Agree: 37% Don’t mind: 8%* Disagree: 0% Strongly disagree: 0% Abstain: 3%* *Figures rounded up Priority M Title: Public, commercial and other buildings. Description: Tailored support for retrofitting…
… partnerships for retrofit - involving communities with developers and tradespeople to find answers together. Description: Form a partnership group to bring together key stakeholders. This should include citizens’ assembly members, suppliers, health and safety assessors, traders, business groups, funding bodies, financial lenders and experts in environmental retrofitting. This partnership will influence…
… their strategic objectives and align them around shared priorities for retrofitting. 8 The partnership group should provide a service that helps advise and make the process for retrofitting clearer and more easily accessible for homeowners and tenants. They could perform analysis of peoples’ property alongside existing services such as Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings. Providing…
… towards sustainable materials, particularly in new Council developments. Recommendation no: 2 Theme: Buildings Strongly agree: 39% Agree: 45% Don’t mind: 13% Disagree: 3% Strongly disagree: 0% Abstain: 0% Priority W Title: Support people for retrofit. Description: For retrofit, one size does not fit all. Need comprehensive expert and financial support for all different building…
… types and levels of retrofit. Provide tailored advice (for each situation and size of project) also consider complementary measures to maximise returns. Strongly encourage HCC to seek to learn from existing successful models (such as Manchester’s People Powered Retrofit) and develop an enhanced county-wide model, including website. Conservation buildings should be allowed to be improved…