Digital Building Logbooks Webinar
The Digital Building Logbooks Webinar took place on the 5th June 2024. Along with Louis Daillencourt (Novoville) and Nigel Walley (Residential Logbooks Association), we gave an overview of Digital Building Logbooks and how they could unlock good quality retrofit at scale.
State of the Nation Review Webinar
The Retrofit Delivery: State of the Nation Review Webinar took place on 8th July 2024. Together with Tara Clinton (Arup) and Donal Brown (Ashden) we gave an overview of the Review and set forward what the next steps are for activity, discussing: retrofit delivery numbers and data statistics; the model types and analytical approaches; the analysis overview; objective mapping and next steps
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 and Impact Evaluation – Innovations in Retrofit and Energy Efficiency Evaluation
This webinar brings together leading voices and pioneering tools that are reshaping how we measure success in the built environment.
Retrofit Talks: The Challenges for Retrofit and Councils: Collaboration Case Study
This webinar explores how ECD Architects, with BE-ST, Rybka engineers and Doig & Smith, have used data on existing stock to show how councils can cut fossil fuels without raising bills and embed retrofit into their ongoing maintenance plans, highlighting the benefits and challenges of this approach.
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.
Kirsty Kenny, Co-Founder, Kuppa
Reinier, an experienced Environmental Engineer, and Kirsty, a seasoned Property and Tech entrepreneur, came together to found Kuppa. This podcast discusses humanising data, but also being aware of the potential for action within understanding data and how it can help improve people’s lives.
Louis Daillencourt, Novoville
This week Sara speaks to Louis Daillencourt from Novoville, the people behind Shared Repairs and Shared Works (soon to come!). The app allows you to report issues to owners, get quotes from Trusted Traders, take a vote, and open a digital payment account.
Lisa Ann Pasquale
Lisa is a retrofit coordinator, and Technical Lead at RetrofitWorks – a cooperative of retrofit installers and designers. She has an academic background in building physics and Architecture, and has conducted a range of performance evaluations of new, retrofit and refurbished buildings. Throughout lockdown, Lisa took on the challenge of retrofitting her own Glasgow tenement flat.