Resource library

The National Retrofit Hub (NRH) has launched the Archetypes Best Practice Guide and the NRH Archetypes Library, to help designers, local authorities, property owners, and the wider sector more easily identify and apply archetype-based retrofit solutions.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published a report setting out a framework for defining competence in the UK domestic retrofit sector.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to maintain existing levels of investment and commit to a national retrofit programme rather than making a "long list of new projects we want the government to back".

Heat networks are becoming a vital part of the UK’s low-carbon heating strategy.

Three year project for social housing in Wales

Over a hundred construction professionals representing leading architecture and engineering firms, academia and NGOs have joined together to launch a new Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide, which aims to provide a blueprint for how we can retrofit our homes to support the UK's net zero targets.

CIAT has prepared a short briefing to help members and affiliates to understand the Plan.

Retrofit and refurbishment

If the UK is to have any chance of achieving its net zero carbon target by 2050, the existing building stock will have to be improved considerably with a comprehensive retrofit plan to improve thermal performance, reduce energy consumption and upgrade heating systems.

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The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide to support industry to retrofit the UK's poorly performing commercial buildings.

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BEIS survey to be completed by those based in the UK up to 23 March 2021

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A national programme to retrofit the UK's existing 28m homes could provide additional GDP of up to £21bn and unlock 100,000 jobs in construction, according to the second iteration of the Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) National Retrofit Strategy.

The Retrofit Eaves Insulator – invented and patented by Dr Matthew Brooke-Peat MCIAT – is being brought to market through a partnership between Leeds Beckett University and ARC Building Solutions, part-funded by the Government through Innovate UK.

CIAT has been invited to participate in a stakeholder advisory group for an EU InterRegNW project entitled Circular Reno, which is seeking to develop and demonstrate biobased modular construction solutions for application in retrofit across several EU regions including in Ireland.

CIAT is supporting Retrofit 25 at the Building Centre.

Each year, BSI publish a plethora of new and updated Standards which support the built environment. Dan Rossiter FCIAT, Vice-President Technical and Sector Lead at BSI, has highlighted a few of these standards which he believes are highly impactful for Architectural Technologists.