14.03.2024
Retrofit 24 is open to the public Monday to Friday until August 30th. We encourage everyone to visit and be inspired by the strides being made toward a more sustainable built environment.
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Keegans is proud to sponsor Retrofit 24: The Reuse Agenda for Our Commercial, Cultural & Civic Buildings. An exhibition about inspiring innovation and paving the way towards a sustainable future for our built environment.
Retrofit 24 is open to the public Monday to Friday at the Building Centre, Central London until August 30th. We encourage everyone to visit and be inspired by the strides being made toward a more sustainable built environment.
The Brent Schools Retrofit Study, a collaborative effort with ECD Architects, is on display in the exhibition, alongside presentations, workshops, family fun days and a series of online and in-person events that our team is actively getting involved in.
In the United Kingdom, 23% of operational carbon emissions originate from non-domestic buildings, with a significant 70% of these structures erected before the turn of the millennium. Achieving Net Zero targets by 2050 demands urgent and effective action in delivering retrofit solutions. Join us at the Retrofit 24 exhibition at the Building Centre to delve into this imperative conversation.
Retrofit 24 offers a comprehensive showcase of recent commercial, cultural, and civic retrofit projects, illustrating how improvements in energy efficiency can be realized across all sectors.
Retrofit 24 examines key considerations to help you achieve net zero commercial retrofitting, highlighting the benefits and the challenges of delivering commercial retrofit at scale.
Retrofit 24 serves as a beacon of inspiration, illuminating pathways to innovation, and laying the groundwork for a sustainable future in our built environment.
CLICK HERE to learn more about the exhibition. For enquiries about retrofit expertise within Keegans, message us or contact Jon Abbott directly.
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.
Why measure the embodied carbon of retrofit?
In a climate crisis, all our decisions need to be taken through the lens of the impact they have on our environment. If we don’t know the impact, we can’t make the best decisions. And the decisions we make around retrofit, when multiplied by the vast number of homes that need retrofitting, will materially impact on the UK’s overall emissions in the coming years. Don’t stop retrofitting for the want of an embodied carbon assessment, but where possible do let it be part of the web of factors that guide decisions. There’s little point in putting so much effort into reducing buildings’ operational emissions if many tonnes of carbon are emitted to do so!
Read the full article written by Lizzy Westmacott, Associate Director & Matt Wingrove, Senior Architect from our architects ECD Architects for Unlock Net Zero on why we should be measuring the embodied carbon on retrofits.
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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