At last month’s Sustainable Housing awards held in London, BioRegional and partners’ (Sutton Housing Partnership, Sutton Council, Lakehouse and Parity Projects) won ‘sustainable smaller housing retrofit project of the year’ for their Retrofit for the Future project in Sutton.
Joanna Marshall Cook (bottom left of picture), Energy Project Manager at BioRegional said: “We are thrilled to have won this award. Getting retrofit right is really important for combating climate change, making our energy bills manageable and our homes more comfortable. In this project we are going a step further than most retrofits to also deal with the vital issue of behavior change – a measure that should be included in all retrofit initiatives”.
This project involves the retrofit of three social houses on the St Helier estate. House 1 is the control so had no renovation work carried out. House 2 incorporates a decent homes upgrade (boiler and loft insulation). House 3 is a full One Planet makeover, a deep energy retrofit using low impact building materials. All households are taking part in the behaviour change programme so ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ measures can be compared and those that achieve the best sustainability outcomes per pound spent can be identified.
The project is part of a national programme from the government’s Technology Strategy Board which is funding 87 low‐carbon social housing projects around the country.
You can find out more about the project on the Projects menu (Retrofitting page) as well as the blog site http://retrofit.oneplanetsutton.org.
