Including the closely related term retrofit programme.
… 2012-2016 over £5 billion of tax payers’ money was spent treating the effects of fuel poverty whilst 117,000 people died needlessly due to the cold. An area-wide retrofit programme significantly raising the energy efficiency of our housing stock and installing clean and efficient heating systems would benefit individuals but also significantly reduce the burden on hard-pressed front line staff…
… landlords and through their procurement of goods and services. 1.5 At the London level, in November 2019 the London Environment Directors’ Network and the Transport and Environment Committee issued a joint Climate Emergency statement3 setting out six priority areas: 1. Retrofit London: Retrofit all domestic and non-domestic buildings to an average level of EPC B; 2. Low-carbon development…
… of the Council. These are often buildings with lower energy efficiency standards which are expensive to retrofit. A stock wide assessment will inform a new asset management strategy that will seek to drive widespread improvements. This includes cutting residents’ energy bills and decarbonising the housing stock and the way their services are run. Achieving this will have its challenges, with funding…