Housing Decarbonisation Consultancy

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  • DG Cities and the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL teamed up on a government study to investigate hard to decarbonise housing. An estimated 10 million homes Britain are difficult to insulate or improve by conventional means.

    The project, commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), aimed to identify these homes, define what makes a home ‘hard to treat’ or ‘hard to decarbonise’ (in the context of energy efficiency and low carbon heating), develop a practical framework to help inform policy and guidance to tackle challenging properties. Read more…

  • Should we be reframing the challenge of decarbonising the UK’s homes? Just as post-war necessity prompted a golden age of social housing, can today’s climate emergency lead to more than incremental improvements – could it be the catalyst for wider transformation across housing; the development of new systems, partnerships and technologies, along with growth in retrofit jobs and skills, to change the way social housing is conceived and managed? Read more: Refurb, redevelop or dispose?

  • Read Balazs Csuvar’s piece on a data-led approach to retrofit at scale.

Home-by-home plan

Read how we harness the potential of your existing data to deliver an effective strategy for housing decarbonisation and improvements.

Are you a local authority that needs support in achieving net zero targets?

We offer a consultancy service tailored for local authorities, housing associations and private sector owners seeking to tackle the challenge of improving and decarbonising housing stock.

Our work addresses the challenges of complex, ‘hard to treat’ buildings, explores ways to incorporate technologies such as heat pumps, photovoltaics and address issues such as damp and mould. We act as a trusted innovation partner, bridging the gap between industry and the public sector, and empowering clients to embrace new technologies and behaviour change approaches – our research and experience has shown us that technology alone is not enough to drive change, if residents are not engaged, informed and part of the solution. Our approach is comprehensive, providing a clear roadmap, from strategy development to delivery and evaluation.