Architects urge mass-retrofit of interwar housing

Orchard Road, Dagenham2 ©Zinc Media

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Improving 3.3m homes would cost £37.5bn, says the RIBA

The RIBA is urging the government to launch a national retrofit programme to insulate all Britain’s interwar homes, saying it can no longer afford to side-line the issue of decarbonising housing.

The institute said to improve all homes that currently have an EPC certificate of C or below would cost £37.5bn – or £11,379 per home.

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