RCN – Retrofit & Passive Event

ECD Regional Head of Sustainability, Loreana Padron is joining Eleanor Ball of Graphics Structures for the RCN Breakfast at the Building Centre on 22 June for a talk on Passivhaus & Retrofit which will discusses:

• When is the best time to consider retrofitting?
• To what extent should retrofit go?
• What are the likely costs?
• How do we ensure consequential damage does not occur?
• What part can legislation play in ensuring our buildings are retrofitted to a high standard?

Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London WC!E 7BT
Time; 7.45 – 10.15am

To book visit the RCN website:
https://www.theacn.co.uk/22-june-23-rcn

Reducing our carbon emissions by improving the way we maintain and refurbish our housing stock is seen as a key strategy in our journey towards net zero. The Construction Leadership Council estimates that it would cost at least £500 billion over next two decades to retrofit the UK housing stock.

The Passivhaus Trust indicated that a whole house retrofit is likely to achieve the best results both in terms of energy reduction and comfort. However, this is a significant undertaking so it may be practical to carry this out over several years.

The Passivhaus standard includes a retrofit standard called EnerPHit which takes into account issues relating to working with existing buildings and relaxes some of its criteria to reflect this. Getting the sequence right and decisions in the early phases are critical to ensure that the full potential of the retrofit is realised and that the project doesn’t inadvertently result in ‘carbon lock-in’.