LETI Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide
The London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) is a voluntary group of professionals from the construction industry. It aims to provide advice on net zero in the build environment.
It has developed a Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide to show us how we can retrofit our homes.
Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB)
A free recorded webinar provided by AECB explaining building retrofit standards.
Energy Efficiency and Retrofit in Historic Buildings
Historic England has produced an advice note and technical advice for proposals to improve energy efficiency of history buildings whilst maintaining their historic importance.
Climate Change Starts at Home YouTube series
A series of bitesize videos explain the retrofit basics by Dr Sarah Price who is a Passivhaus and an AECB Certifier.
Retrofitting Existing Homes – A Practical Toolkit Towards Net Zero
This is a document provided by a private construction consultancy company Baily Garner. It covers the details of fabric efficiency measures, examples of different building types and their retrofit works.
Muswell Hill Sustainability Group
Muswell Hill Sustainability Group is a local group to promote sustainable living. They have a series of useful YouTube videos on retrofit. They also often run “Open Houses” with homeowners who have undertaken home retrofit projects. And they use this to share experiences and knowledge.
Thermal imaging camera
A thermal imaging camera helps to show heat loss through the building fabric of your home. This allows you to prioritise works to help areas with most heat loss.
There are companies renting out thermal imaging cameras. If you are an Octopus Energy customer, you can borrow a camera for free, see more information here.
Locally, two thermal imaging cameras are in use by community groups.
- Muswell Hill Sustainability Group also offers loan of a thermal imaging camera for use by householders.
- Clyde Area Residents’ Association has purchased a thermal camera for local residents to use through Haringey Council’s Community Carbon Fund.
Photo credit to: Baily Garner
Retrofit Academy 101
Retrofit Academy provides a free introductory course on whole-house domestic retrofit.
Shading for Housing
This document by the Good Homes Alliance provides a good summary of different shading methods to reduce the chance of overheating from direct sunlight through windows and rooflights.