Sustainable refurbishment at scale - By Stephen Passmore, Energy Saving Trust

Sustainable refurbishment at ScaleStephen PassmoreEnergy Saving Trust

Energy Saving TrustWe are the UK’s leading We’ve saved £1.5 billion onimpartial organisation helping people’s fuel bills and 140 millionpeople save energy and reduce tonnes (lifetime savings) of CO2carbon emissions since 1994. Providing quality assurance for Expert insight and knowledge goods, services and installers about energy saving Helping local authorities and Supporting consumers communities to save energy to take action 25 May 2012 2

The headline retrofit challenge Home energy use is responsible for over a quarter of UK carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions Staged target of 29% cut in CO2 from homes by 2020 By 2050 all homes will need to achieve an energy performance rating in the range of a high B if we are to reach our target of a 80% cut in CO2 emissions across the entire housing stock 3

Housing – retrofit potential

Numerous approachesProjects / trigger points Whole House Street or neighbourhood - City / region Area based approach 25 May 2012 5

National Refurbishment Centre – Mission: To support the practical delivery of green refurbishment and retrofit in the UK, based on evidence from a nationwide demonstration network of exemplar buildings. – Aim: To foster a more joined-up approach to finding the practical measures needed to refurbish buildings in volume. www.rethinkingrefurbishment.com

The NRC Partnership www.rethinkingrefurbishment.com

The NRC Research Programme

Installation issues 9

Site issues 10

Work efficiency 11

Evidence costsPre-Refurbishment Portalcost/savings curve £51k

Evidence costsRefurbishment Portal – June‘11 cost/savings curve

Evidence costsRefurbishment Portal – Jan ‘12cost/savings curve

Evidence costsComparison £46k £36k

Evidence costsRefurbishment Portal – Jan ‘12excluding outliers £49k

Evidence costsMeasures, products andsystems Boiler replacement and PV: £13.9k controls package: £2.5k Boiler replacement and PV: £11.3k controls package: £4.5k

Trigger points project approach• Overall: to establish the home improvement occasions that will be the best triggers for consumers to consider undertaking energy saving alterations at the same time 18

Barriers to energy saving alterations • Energy saving is rarely stated as a primary motivation for home improvements –Number of other factors come before this, such as price, looks, quality, convenience • Most of the sample claimLOW AWARENESS LOOKS / STYLEIAL COST to be keen toeption that energy saving alterations are very costlyt want to make long-term investment about energyLACK OF EVIDENCE learn more - want the money in their pocketsaving alterations now Will these changes really save much energy?t believe will add value to their property –Interested in helping the environment, even if onlyalready be over ‘budget’ – don’t want to go further as a secondary motivation INERTIAmove in next few years so investment will be wasted INCONVENIENCE –Very keen to learn any potential cost savings they could make 19

22% households consideringrefurbishment projects in next 3 years Total home Projects considering owners undertaking in the next 325.7 million households in UK years… (1,287) % Fitting a new kitchen 10 Home owners account for 70% of the population Fitting a new bathroom / 9 cloakroom (17.5 mil households) Fitting double glazing 6 Building a brick extension 5 22% are Converting the loft 4 considering refurbishments Refurbishing the entire 2 in the next 3 property years (3.9 mil Retiling the roof / building households) 2 a new roof Installing a conservatory 2 Rewiring / upgrading the 2 electricity Installing central heating 1 None of these 78 20 Source: Ipsos Nat Rep CapiBus – wtd data

Trigger points Young couples Young children Growing children Older children Empty nesters •SingleOpportunity for influence Driven by Preparing for s Undertaking Starting a family, retirement. modernisation Strong functional and emotive functional need to moving home, Interested in projects. Lower refurbishment need - running out of update their making property specific projects - budgets, willing to space. Involved in higher value properties. more upgrading the stretch but need a projects. Recognise the benefit of Considering fewer contemporary, heating, adding a lot more future proofing and reducing CO2 projects overall adding value conservatory convincing Considering room refurbs and see the benefit in saving on energy bills and creating warmer rooms Stronger Lower commitment to the environment Have already Interested Greater commitment to installed some primarily in commitment to environment Higher budgets measures – warmth and the environment Interested in all forms of retrofit but interested in lower comfort Limited budgets cost measures pre -930s need convincing (dwelling) reluctant to add energy saving measures, post 1930s could be persuaded

Achieving wide-scale refurbishment• Demand! • Incentives • Financing • Standards• Supply • Products & materials • Logistics 25 May 2012 22

Thank youStephen.passmore@est.org.ukwww.energysavingtrust.org.ukwww.rethinkingrefurbishment.com 23

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