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.
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Since the introduction of PAS 2035 we have invested in a team of over 20 Elmhurst qualified Retrofit Coordinators, Retrofit Assessors, Retrofit Designers and Evaluators and have delivered retrofit services to over 3700 homes across the UK from Hull, Durham and Gateshead to Milton Keynes, Midlands, Brentwood, London, Crawley and Folkestone.
Our retrofit team work alongside our M&E retrofit specialists and Cost Consultants who all have experience working on retrofit projects, producing cost benefit analysis and lifecycle costings which include carbon cost effectiveness per retrofit measure to best determine the most suitable retrofit options for the client's budget.
All our Assessors and Coordinators have trained through Elmhurst and are TrustMark registered. In 2023 we were shortlisted by Retrofit Academy Awards for Best Retrofit Employer Award and Retrofit Assessment and Coordination Services.
Our team has the skills and experience necessary to enable our clients to achieve full compliance under PAS 2035 by carrying out these key responsibilities on every retrofit project:
1. Protecting the client's & the public's interest, ensuring that projects are safe, high quality and performing to their maximum potential.
2. Overseeing the retrofit process from start to finish as a project manager.
3. Ensuring appropriate integration and communication between teams.
4. Ensuring the residents journey during the retrofit of their home has minimal impact on their day to day lives.
5. Signing off compliance with PAS 2035.
To support our clients in delivering retrofit projects we offer the following services through our qualified team of professionals:
Our qualified Retrofit Assessors support the Coordinator carrying out condition surveys, occupancy and energy reports and give the information gathered to the Coordinator. Our Assessments are based upon PAS 2035:2019 'Whole House Assessment' and our scope includes all the necessary roles defined by this methodology. Using Elmhurst software Condition Go, we survey the condition of the dwelling; the occupancy; risk assessment; ventilation; heritage; dimension (all elements and floors including windows and doors); and building services. Retrofit Assessors collect all relevant rdSAP data, including heat loss calculation, heating and control data and all requirements to fill out and lodge an Energy report with Elmhurst.
Our Retrofit Coordinators are responsible for overseeing the project, providing a midterm plan which identifies different retrofit measures as well as the subsequent viability, monitoring, and evaluation of energy efficiency measures, in accordance with PAS 2035. They project manage the retrofit process from start to finish ensuring the project is safe, high quality and meets the retrofit measures. This is a mandatory role for any PAS 2035 retrofit project.
As Retrofit Coordinators we are also able to define projects as low, medium, or high-risk dependent upon what measures are selected. From our experience, most deep retrofits fall into the medium or high-risk categories.
During works on site our Retrofit Coordinators monitor the installation of the energy efficient measures and at handover ensure all warranties for materials and building components are collated and uploaded to the Trustmark data warehouse.
Our Retrofit Designers are RIBA Architects and use the assessments to design relevant energy efficiency improvements to a dwelling using their knowledge and experience of the best retrofit measures appropriate for each dwelling.
Our qualified team of Quantity Surveyors provide cost benefit analysis and lifecycle costings which include Carbon cost effectiveness per retrofit measure to best determine the most suitable retrofit options for the client's budget.
We have also supported numerous clients obtain funding on a wide variety of retrofit projects.
Keegans supported 9 councils and housing associations with SHDF Wave 1 bids and 8 SHDF Wave 2 bids. Seven of the SHDF Wave 2.1 bids that we supported have received funding. This gives us the opportunity to reduce fuel poverty and carbon emissions and improve comfort in over 3000 homes, and build on our experience from Wave 1 schemes.
We have an excellent understanding of the process both of bidding and working as consultants once funding has been won.
At every stage we talk our clients through the process, giving them a good understanding of what we are proposing and why, so that they can make informed decisions and get necessary sign offs in a timely manner.
A key part of the bidding process, and working on publicly funded projects is ensuring that all work complies with PAS 2035 requirements. Our team use their expertise to provide guidance talks to potential SHDF bidders through the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator.
Prior to SHDF wave 2 bids, Keegans were involved in supporting successful bids to the SHDF Demonstrator and Wave 1 funds. Our subsequent experience in seeing these projects through to completed homes and TrustMark lodgement places us in a better position to support future bids, as we understand the pitfalls and have been able to make our own processes more efficient.
We have also supported clients to obtain GHG (Green Homes Grant), ECO (Energy Company Obligation) and RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive) funding.
Retrofit Assessment and Coordination Service
Best Retrofit Employer Award
Retrofit Coordinator of the Year
Retrofit Assessor of the Year
How do Multi-Disciplinary Teams work?
MDT working recognises the complex nature of higher-risk building work and the range of disciplines required. MDT members will be brought together to assess each application, whether initial building control approval, change control or completion certificate. The MDT will also be involved throughout the construction phase for inspections, interventions and assessments of further information. The inspection schedule will be agreed upon by the MDT, who will provide a lead contact for applicants throughout the process. The MDT will assess the completion certificate application alongside the ‘as built’ information submitted, including change control details. A completion certificate will only be issued where there is sufficient evidence that what was built meets the functional requirements of building regulations as agreed.
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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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.
Our team have considerable experience of construction and refurbishment projects for office and commercial use in a variety of settings and for varying uses.
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