Discover Keegans role on Enfield Council's Retrofit Programme
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Keegans, in partnership with ECD Architects, is supporting a large-scale retrofit programme for Enfield Council, covering approximately 200 residential properties across a diverse housing portfolio. The programme spans low- and medium-rise blocks, heritage assets, and mixed-tenure homes, with a focus on improving energy performance, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing resident comfort.
A key feature of Enfield’s programme is the integration of Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) works with Decent Homes upgrades, fire safety improvements, and wider capital works. This holistic approach ensures that retrofit is embedded within long-term asset strategy rather than delivered as a standalone intervention.
Keegans is acting as Retrofit Assessor and Coordinator, responsible for ensuring PAS 2035 compliance. To date, we have delivered approximately 366 retrofit assessments.
Our role includes:
ECD Architects provided retrofit design, ventilation strategies, and technical specifications.
Rather than delivering retrofit in isolation, Enfield Council aligned SHDF measures with wider asset improvement programmes, including:
This approach enabled:
To deliver a large and evolving dataset, Keegans developed robust tools and processes, including:
This enabled:
The SHDF Wave 2.2 programme was delivered across several concurrent workstreams:
Keegans supported Firetite in achieving TrustMark accreditation and has since enabled the first social housing installation of this product in the UK. Firetite provides a dual solution, combining fire resistance with moisture protection, supporting both safety and building performance objectives.
This programme demonstrates how our support to Enfield on a data-led, and integrated approach to retrofit can deliver meaningful outcomes at scale.
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Our Elmhurst qualified, TrustMark registered Retrofit Coordinators, Assessors, Designers and Evaluators have the skills and experience necessary to enable our clients to achieve full compliance under PAS 2035:2023.
Sectors we work in
This is a core sector for us, working for numerous local authorities, housing associations, private managing agents and developers, ensuring residents are at the heart of every project.
According to PAS2035:2023, what changes have been made to the qualifications required for retrofit designers?
The qualification requirements for retrofit designers have changed significantly. Previously, a Retrofit Coordinator (RC) could carry out retrofit design for Risk Path A & B projects. However, under the new guidelines, this role must now be carried out by a specialist or a trained designer. This ensures that the design work meets the highest standards for energy efficiency and safety.
What are the new PAS2035:2023 qualification requirements for Retrofit Assessors (RAs) and Retrofit Coordinators (RCs)?
Under the updated PAS2035:2023, Level 3 in Energy Efficiency for Older and Traditional Buildings is now a mandatory qualification for both Retrofit Assessors (RAs) and Retrofit Coordinators (RCs) when working with any traditional property. This ensures that professionals are properly trained to handle the unique challenges of retrofitting older and traditional buildings.
What does Retrofit mean?
The UK Government has identified the retrofit of buildings as a key lever in their low carbon strategy to achieve 68% carbon reduction by 2030. All affordable homes will be required to achieve a minimum EPC of C by 2030. All ECO funded refurbishment projects are required to achieve full compliance with PAS 2035:2019 from July 2021 with a 20% funding uplift for projects that comply before the deadline.
PAS 2035:2019 (Specification for the Energy Retrofit of Domestic Buildings) is revolutionising the refurbishment of buildings. Over the last 30 years energy efficiency programmes have focussed on single measures (i.e.: cavity wall insulation or window replacement, etc.) but all future programmes now require a holistic solution designed to suit the specific building type.
To comply with PAS 2035, a qualified Retrofit Coordinator must be employed to provide a 'Whole House Retrofit' solution.
What are the benefits of retrofit work?
Retrofitting existing buildings will allow individuals and businesses to save money and be more sustainable. It will let people across the UK live in warmer and healthier homes. Crucially, it will help our industry, and the country as a whole, decarbonise.
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