Including the closely related term retrofitting.
… of housing growth also provides the opportunity to ensure all new buildings are designed to be energy and resource efficient. New development should minimise energy use and facilitate the use of low and zero carbon technologies to help minimise carbon emissions and air pollutants. For existing buildings, energy efficiency retrofit should be the focus. The GLA Climate Risk Mapping should be used…
… to guide areas of vulnerability to urban heat effects alongside the mapping of residential fuel poverty to efficiently focus resources in retrofitting existing stock. It is recognised that retrofit is well underway across the seven West London boroughs for existing stock using available funds including the Green Homes fund. Standards could be made common across West London, and include the UK Green…