A whole-house view
A useful retrofit assessment considers fabric, heating, ventilation, moisture risk, energy demand and the way the home is occupied. Improvements interact: changing one part of a building can affect another.
- Where and how the home loses heat
- Which improvements are technically appropriate
- How to sequence measures
- Ventilation and moisture implications
- Heating-system suitability
- Renewables, running cost and carbon implications
Who is it for?
Homeowners, landlords and housing providers planning meaningful upgrades — particularly insulation, air-source heat pumps, improved ventilation, solar PV, batteries or a longer-term whole-house programme.
Practical as well as modelled
I combine RdSAP-based understanding with practical retrofit experience and systems thinking. I have also remodelled a traditional UK home incorporating a heat pump, whole-house MVHR, insulation improvements and smart building controls, so I understand the gap that can exist between a neat model and a real property.
From certificate to strategy
If an EPC identifies opportunities, a retrofit assessment can turn those recommendations into a more coherent pathway — what to do now, what to prepare for, and what may be best left until later.