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Retrofitting means proper insulation to walls, floors, roofs; new windows and doors; ventilation with heat recovery, heat pumps, solar panels etc. The different measures will vary as every house is different.
zero carbon house is proud to be UK’s first zero carbon retrofit, now 13 years old. But by now there should be millions of others too….
Our old leaky homes seem to be the forgotten Cinderella, haemorrhaging massive amounts of heat. It’s really important these homes – and the people who live in them – are not left behind. People’s physical and mental health is badly affected by poor housing with mould, damp, condensation – and massive fuel bills.
Retrofitting our old homes properly, carefully, and to really high standards, we can make dramatic savings, with huge benefits to people’s lives.
We’re using so much energy now that, as David Attenborough, the UN and others have shown, we’re destroying a liveable planet. Our homes generate a massive chunk of CO2, and at the same time push people into fuel poverty.
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