Evaluating retrofit outcomes: insights from over 1000 council homes
During this session, you will hear from Professor David Glew of Leeds Beckett University on their in-depth study into how to evaluate retrofits, funded by Leeds City Council. This project trialled the UKGBC retrofit toolkit on 1346 Leeds City Council homes. The retrofits were delivered through five different schemes or approaches, using ERDF, ECO and HUG funding.
Measuring Retrofit Outcomes: Defining metrics for success
Watch this webinar for an introduction to our “Measuring Outcomes and Impact Evaluation” workstream, a key initiative emerging from the State of the Nation review, developed by our ‘Delivery Approaches’ working group (WG5).
Measuring Outcomes & Impact Evaluation: Health, Place and Retrofit
This webinar explores two recent National Retrofit Hub resources, from our Measuring Outcomes & Impact Evaluation project, focusing on how retrofit can better account for health, wellbeing and place in both policy and delivery.
Centric Lab
n 2024, community liaison officers joined a programme run by Centric Lab. After a learning course, a grant was allocated to Support Staffordshire to facilitate workshops with 2 demographic groups on their experiences of the health impacts of extreme weather and how existing built environment assets can adapt to improve wellbeing and quality of life.
Kirklees Warm Homes
Kirklees Warm Zones (2007–2010) was a pioneering area-based fuel poverty and energy efficiency initiative in West Yorkshire, unique for its cross-tenure model offering free loft and cavity wall insulation to all households in the borough, regardless of tenure, without means-testing.
The UK CoBenefits Atlas
The UK Co-Benefits Atlas, part of the CO-BENS (Climate Outcomes and Benefits for the Economy, Nature and Society) project, aims to quantify and visualise the wider social, economic, and environmental benefits of climate actions.
The Social Value TOMS System
The Social Value TOM (Themes, Outcomes, Measures) System™ is a framework for quantifying and reporting social value in procurement, project delivery, and at the corporate level. It enables organisations to measure their contributions across four key themes: Work, Economy, Community, and Planet.
HACT Retrofit Credits Framework
The HACT Retrofit Credits framework aims to unlock additional funding for housing retrofit projects by verifying both carbon emission reductions and the social value generated through these initiatives. By incorporating social impact metrics, the framework ensures that retrofit activities not only contribute to environmental sustainability but also enhance the well-being of residents and communities.
The Build Upon Framework
The Build Upon Framework is designed to assist local authorities in the UK and across Europe to measure and understand the multifaceted impacts of building renovation. It aims to support the achievement of net zero carbon targets by 2050 by providing a standardised approach to assess environmental, social, and economic outcomes of retrofit projects.
Retrometer
RetroMeter is a UK-based initiative aimed at establishing a consistent, open-source methodology to accurately measure energy savings and other value streams from retrofit energy efficiency measures. It takes a Metered Energy Savings (MES) approach.