Including the closely related terms retrofit, and retrofitting.
…. For example: ● Retrofitting private homes in Cambridge to a net zero standard could cost around £1.75 billion, but to date Government has only allocated £2 billion funding for the whole UK for the Green Homes Grant. ● Government has announced that all new production cars will have to be electric by 2030, but many cars on the road will still be petrol or diesel long after this, so a much earlier…
…. ● Building 1000 new homes to Passivhaus standards (where technically feasible and subject to funding) and targeting net zero carbon standards for Council homes built from 2030 onwards. 1 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), 2020, UK local authority and regional carbon dioxide emissions national statistics: 2005-2018 ● Bidding for funding to retrofit private homes…
… and drops in business investment, both in the UK and globally. This suggests that there is considerable spare capacity in the economy and that investing in a low carbon economy could help support the UK’s recovery. For example, the Committee’s proposed programme to retrofit buildings alone would require over 200,000 extra full-time workers in that sector.7 Cambridge is potentially well placed…
… achieve zero carbon homes in Cambridge: ● Existing Council homes – we have commissioned an external consultancy to carry out a study to establish how existing Council homes could be retrofitted to meet three different carbon emissions standards (Local Plan Plus, Passivhaus, and net zero carbon). ● New Council homes – we commissioned Buro Happold to assess the implications of building new…
… and buildings - we will shortly be commissioning a study to identify what energy efficiency and renewable energy measures would need to be retrofitted to different types of private homes in Cambridge to reach different carbon emissions standards. ● New homes and buildings – as part of the development of the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan, the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service has…