All retrofit articles
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NewsWelsh government announces £17m for housing retrofit schemes
Social, private and off-grid homes to receive energy efficiency upgrades
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CommentHow do we translate the £15bn Warm Homes Plan into delivery and meaningful change for families?
Dan Germann argues collaboration and sector-wide sharing of knowledge is crucial to success to ensuring the government’s flagship retrofit plan delivers
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NewsGovernment consults on measures to improve customer protections for home upgrades
DESNZ acting following failures through Energy Company Obligation 4 and the Great British Insulation Scheme
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In FocusMaking Senze: How sophisticated energy monitoring can cut social housing retrofit costs by 75%
Technology firm Senze has shown live home monitoring can cut retrofit costs by targeting improvements more accurately than flawed EPC assessments, raising questions over the government’s fabric-first funding model for social housing decarbonisation, Thomas Lane reports
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NewsTower Hamlets to seek contractors for £500m retrofit programme
Council seeks to bring stock up to new Decent Homes Standard and improve building safety
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NewsRetrofit firm under SFO investigation ‘completely refutes’ fraud allegations
JJ Crump said all work carried out under failed ECO 4 scheme was ‘carried out in good faith’
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NewsThree firms investigated over government retrofit jobs in £44m fraud probe
Serious Fraud Office has arrested four people in connection with alleged fraud on failed ECO 4 scheme
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In FocusMiliband’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan arrives with public confidence in retrofit at a low ebb
The embarrassing failures of the ECO scheme have given retrofit a bad name, but its cancellation hit good and bad installers alike. Together, they put the government in a tricky spot to effect a mass roll-out of new energy efficiency measures, reports Daniel Gayne
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NewsWelsh government pumps £99m into social housing retrofit programme
Wales’ optimised retrofit programme has received more than £466m in funding since 2020
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CommentFinally – we have government policy to help prevent homes overheating
The Warm Homes Plan published this week is the first time the government has grasped the nettle on extreme heat, writes Matthew Scott
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NewsFMB renews call for mandatory licensing after damning NAO report on retrofit schemes
Trade body describes findings as ‘deeply concerning but not surprising’
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NewsAlmost all homes fitted with external insulation under Conservative governments’ retrofit schemes need repair work, report finds
National Audit Office survey uncovers litany of failures on two energy efficiency schemes including widespread suspected fraud
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NewsRiverside picks Wates to deliver £72m retrofit scheme
Contractor to upgrade 3,064 homes across England over three years
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CommentGovernment must publish its plan for warm homes
The spending review contained positive funding announcements for retrofit but there are now several key steps needed to ensure the benefits are delivered, write Andy Piper and Matthew Turpin
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NewsExpert panel set up to explore retrofit consumer protection and regulatory reform
Move comes after cases of substandard insulation were found to be ‘widespread’
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NewsGentoo to spend £44m upgrading 4,000 homes
Sunderland-based housing association reveals investment plan for 2025/26
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NewsGovernment to fund 18,000 retrofit training places
DESNZ will boost green skills under its Warm Homes Plan through financial awards
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CommentFrom fabric first to smart heat: the changing face of retrofit
We are seeing a revolution in how we upgrade our homes but we must make sure those in poverty can benefit, writes Chris Brown
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NewsNational Wealth Fund and Natwest announce £500m in guaranteed loans for retrofit
Move aims to “remove barrier to funds” for registered providers
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NewsMidland Heart sets out £300m plan to improve 6,000 ‘most challenging’ homes
35,000-home landlord’s corporate plan also pledges 2,250 new homes over the next five years