Retrofit news

Octopus Energy and Lloyds Banking Group have announced a pilot scheme to bring a new heat pump offer to UK households to help cut bills and decarbonise heating. Under the scheme, Halifax mortgage customers can get a heat pump installed for as little as

Residents in the Ogwen Valley in Gwynedd are cutting down on their energy bills by up to 25% through a local hydro-power scheme. Since 2016, people from Bethesda joined an energy club called Energy Local, which harnesses the power of clean and green energy.

The Builders Merchants Federation has called on Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to support a national retrofit strategy that would make 500,000 new jobs across the UK. The call was made during the BMF’s Annual Parliamentary Reception at the House of Commons.

Research by boiler purchasing company BOXT examined EPC gradings for houses across the country, based on data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Data showed that the most energy-efficient homes could be found in Tower Hamlets in

Over 50 neighbours visited an Oxford resident to learn more about external wall insulation (EWI). The resident opened his home during Oxford Open Doors week and invited people to come to see and find out about the insulation in his house. Tweet: Who knew

Insulating homes in Britain and installing heat pumps could benefit the economy by £7bn annually and produce 140,000 new jobs by 2030, a new study has found. But the assimilation of these energy-saving measures depends heavily on government policy, according

Environmental charity Hubbub has announced a new partnerships with the solutions arm of energy supplier OVO to find a street of households in Glasgow and help them reduce energy bills through installations and behaviour change methods. “We’re really keen

In a new paper published in the journal Communications Engineering,  researchers from the University of Glasgow outline how their flexible heat pump technology provides an elegant and low-cost solution. The team led by Professor Zhibin Yu, have

Fuel-poor homes face taking £250 hit due to poor

'Shocking gap in policy for better-insulated homes' - latest CCC Progress

Householders will be opening their doors across Oxford city to welcome neighbours and share their retrofits during Energy Saving Homes week – culminating in an event at Oxford Town Hall. Energy Saving Homes will run from 18 to 29 June 2022 and there

Work is underway to turn 77 council homes in Radford into green and energy efficient properties. 28 bungalows and 49 council houses on five streets are benefitting from development works that will increase energy efficiency and reduce heating and energy costs

A new report published by E3G calls for the government to take action on energy efficiency to save the taxpayer hundreds of billions of pounds through energy saving measures like insulation and clean electric heat. With estimates that fossil fuel prices will

In a recent YouGov survey, carried out by TrustMark, 60% of UK homeowners did not know what the term ‘retrofit’ means. However, 53% of all homeowners surveyed were interested to know more about retrofit and say they would welcome “an

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has announced a new project alongside BEIS to “modernise home energy rating scheme in time for Future Homes Standard”. As part of a 3-year undertaking, BRE will develop a new version of the Standard Assessment

Buying a cost-efficient and low carbon home with a heat pump, or another form of low-carbon technology, is becoming more important to prospective homebuyers. That’s according to new research conducted by the estate agent, Savills. The analysis shows

An assessment has found that boosting the energy efficiency of six million homes between 2009 to 2019 will save them nearly £200 per year from April 2022. The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) assessment found six million homes had been upgraded to

According to a new survey by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) almost half of all ‘heat pump ready homes’ are interested in installing a heat pump. That is equivalent to around seven million homes. The poll of 2,000 people also

The Chancellor has announced VAT for solar panels, heat pumps, roof insulation will be reduced from 5% to zero for five years. Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to end VAT rates for energy saving materials in the latest Spring Statement delivered to parliament,

A recent review of 2021 figures, collated by Carbon Brief, show heat pump sales growing to double-digits in countries such as Austria and China, but globally remains short of net-zero targets to embrace the low-carbon heating technology and limit global