Projects

Completed

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
PRP Architects

Institute Project

ETI

18 April 2014

31 March 2017

35 months

£541,000

Technical Consultancy

London

Smart Systems and Heat

Project Contact, PRP Architects

Project Contact, Peabody

About the project

• Project to practically test and develop novel approaches to domesticretrofit
• House types to be retrofitted based on the findings of previousETIresearch
• Project strengthensETIs growing capability in creating future-proof and economic local energy solutions across theUK

The aim of the project is to validate the cost, time and energy effectiveness of domestic retrofit across different house types, using an approach that could be employed to improve the energy efficiency of the vast majority of the existing 26 million homes in the UK which will still be in existence by 2050. The novel, mass-scale retrofit approach being tested was first developed in a deskbased ETI project (Optimising Thermal Efficiency of Existing Housing) completed in 2012, as part of the ETI Buildings programme. The novel, mass-scale retrofit approach tested was first developed in a deskbased ETI project Optimising Thermal Efficiency of Existing Housing completed in 2012, as part of the ETI Buildings programme.

The 541k project retrofitted five types of domestic property.

1. A pre-1919 mid-terracehouse.
2. A pre-1919 detachedhouse.
3. A 1919-44 semi-detachedhouse.
4. A 1945-64 semi-detachedhouse
5. A post 1980 semi-detachedhouse.

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