Below are the latest resources to be added to the SuperHomes resource library. You can search for a specific type of resource or a particular subject by using the search filter on the right.
In November 2016 The Energy Technologies Institute shared its Housing retrofits – a new start report aimed at the government and industry. It makes the case that progress with retrofits will depend on recognising that efficiency savings are a very weak driver. Improved comfort and amenity are stronger drivers.
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If you are exploring how to insulate a traditional stone building, you will find this helpful. Anthony Gwynne of Forest of Dean Council has written a detailed report on upgrading stone buildings.
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STBA’s moisture risk assessment and guidance report explores the problems caused by moisture in buildings and the mechanisms for moisture transfer. At the time of sharing it here, this is still a draft consultation document.
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During a Green Deal Communities project in 2016, the below prices provided a useful indicative full cost for three types of solid wall insulation – internal wall insulation, external wall insulation, and a hybrid approach using both internal and external insulation. All these costs would be subject to survey and are based on the use of standard materials. These are only offered as a very rough guide as to what you might expect when approaching installers for quotes.
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Solid Wall Insulation – Unlocking Demand and Driving up Standards is the report that followed a review commissioned by The Green Construction Board, led by Peter Hansford and published in November 2015.
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Each Home Counts was published in December 2016. It followed a review by Peter Bonfield exploring the potential for a better quality and standards framework within the renewables/energy efficiency sector.
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Published in October 2014, Building the Future makes the case for the same radical new approach to home energy efficiency called for by The Energy Bill Revolution. This campaign calls for all low income homes to be improved, by 2025, to bring them up to B and C on an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), and for all other households to be offered 0% interest loans to improve their homes to an equivalent EPC standard by 2035; delivered as part of a major infrastructure investment programme.
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