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Retrofit Validation
In today’s property market, retrofit validation is critical to ensuring energy efficiency, tenant satisfaction, and securing additional funding for future projects. Resisure’s innovative technology provides you with real-time insights into key metrics like temperature, humidity, damp, mould, heat loss and air quality across your properties, which enables landlords, housing associations, and property managers to see the direct impact of their retrofitting efforts and prove its effectiveness for grant applications.
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24m
24 Million UK homes need retrofitting
80%
80% think more about their home’s energy use now than 12 months ago
250bn
RICS estimates that decarbonising homes will require an investment of about £250bn
Why Is Retrofit Validation Important?
Ensures Energy Efficiency
Retrofitting a building often involves upgrades like insulation, energy-efficient windows, and heating systems. Validation helps confirm that these measures are performing as expected, reducing energy consumption and improving efficiency.
Proves Compliance with Standards
Many retrofit projects must meet specific regulations or green building standards. Retrofit validation ensures that the changes align with these requirements, helping property owners avoid legal issues and penalties.
Secures Future Funding
Many retrofit projects are funded through grants, loans, or government programs that require proof of impact. Validation provides tangible data showing that the retrofits have improved energy performance or reduced environmental impact, helping secure future funding.
Protects Against Performance Gaps
Sometimes retrofits don't deliver the promised improvements due to poor installation or design. Retrofit validation catches these issues early, ensuring that your project delivers the desired results and justifies your investment.
Reduces Tenant Complaints:
For housing associations and property managers, retrofit validation confirms that upgrades like improved insulation or ventilation systems are working. This reduces tenant complaints about discomfort, high energy bills, or damp and mould issues.
At Resisure, we provide the tools to track the metrics that matter most, helping you validate the success of your retrofit efforts.
Retrofit Grants
Both national and local government schemes may offer funding opportunities to support retrofit installations under certain conditions.
Current Grants
The Sustainable Warmth Competition is a £350 million initiative that provides local authorities with funding to upgrade ‘on-gas’ and ‘off-gas’ properties, improving energy efficiency in their regions. Another key scheme is the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), launched in 2013, which helps reduce carbon emissions and combat fuel poverty by making energy-saving measures like heating and insulation more accessible. Under ECO, major energy companies are required to fund energy efficiency improvements, allowing landlords and housing associations to apply for grants that cover or contribute to the cost of these upgrades.
Previous Grants
The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) is a government-backed initiative that offers grants to social landlords and housing managers for properties with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘D’ or below. Since its launch in 2019, SHDF has been instrumental in creating warmer, more energy-efficient homes while cutting carbon emissions and addressing fuel poverty.
How Does Resisure Help With Retrofit Validation?
As the urgency to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees intensifies, retrofitting the UK’s housing stock presents a vital opportunity to reduce carbon emissions while addressing the cost-of-living crisis and improving energy security. Older, dilapidated properties are often energy inefficient, contributing to fuel poverty, damp-related health issues, and rising energy bills. With new EPC targets and the growing focus on tenant welfare, housing associations are not only required to improve energy efficiency but also have a duty of care to ensure safe, healthy living conditions.
At Resisure, our innovative technology helps validate the effectiveness of your retrofitting efforts by continuously monitoring the performance of your improvements before, during and after works have been carried out. Whether you’ve installed double-glazed windows, upgraded boilers, or enhanced insulation, our system tracks these upgrades in real-time. By taking readings every 30 minutes, we provide you with data on temperature stability, potential mould risks, heat loss, harmful gases, and humidity levels. This gives you the evidence needed to confirm that your retrofits are achieving their goals—enhancing energy efficiency, retaining heat, and safeguarding tenant well-being.
Access Resisure’s Actionable Insights Today
Prove the impact of your retrofitting efforts with Resisure. Our technology not only tracks vital data but also provides actionable insights to help you secure funding for future projects and demonstrate the long-term value of your investments. Whether you’re looking to validate energy efficiency improvements, ensure compliance with new regulations, or enhance tenant satisfaction, Resisure gives you the tools to take control of your portfolio’s performance.
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