There is a growing selection of websites where you can read about different Retrofit projects. Here are a few that I have found so far:
Retrofit for the Future
This database shows the performance of different building in both figures and graphs, so that design intention can be compared with built reality, and projects can be compared with each other. There is also a document you can download for each house which gives its retrofit details.
Old Home Super Home Project
Another website showing details of existing homes which have been refurbished to cut their energy requirements by at least 60%. You can visit some of these homes too.
There's also the Great British Refurb Campaign
You can sign their petition (calling on the UK government to provide cash rewards to people who refurbish their homes to reduce energy use) and find useful info and links on the site.
There is an interesting article on Retrofit in Mark Brinkley's blogsite: sometimes, retrofit can be so expensive that to achieve a full Passivhaus standard, you might have to spend as much as building a better designed house on the same site.
Retrofit for the Future
This database shows the performance of different building in both figures and graphs, so that design intention can be compared with built reality, and projects can be compared with each other. There is also a document you can download for each house which gives its retrofit details.
Old Home Super Home Project
Another website showing details of existing homes which have been refurbished to cut their energy requirements by at least 60%. You can visit some of these homes too.
There's also the Great British Refurb Campaign
You can sign their petition (calling on the UK government to provide cash rewards to people who refurbish their homes to reduce energy use) and find useful info and links on the site.
There is an interesting article on Retrofit in Mark Brinkley's blogsite: sometimes, retrofit can be so expensive that to achieve a full Passivhaus standard, you might have to spend as much as building a better designed house on the same site.
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