Architecture Today is hosting a webinar on Thursday 9th November 2023 (10.00am - 11.30am)
Webinar Info:
EnerPHit standards for refurbishment projects are reframing how we deal with and upgrade our existing housing stock. How have those in practice been using EnerPHit principles to bring properties up to Passivhaus standards to ensure high standards of living as well as reducing buildings’ energy use and carbon emissions?
What are the challenges involved? And to what extent does EnerPHit continue to provide a realistic and affordable roadmap to retrofitting our historic building stock today?
This is worth watching if you work with secondary glazing and with buildings that are listed or in conservation areas.
The studies that were presented went through the procedures into how to implement the requirements for reaching EnerPHit standards. This covered all the issues that occur during any build, how these were overcome or alternatives used. With lower energy use in the future using air-tightness and sustainable energy will help in the reduction of carbon emissions. There is an extra 25-30% cost in retrofitting to EnerPHit standards.
This is worth watching if you work with secondary glazing and with buildings that are listed or in conservation areas.
I just watched the replay this weekend, the building studies were informative and it’s always good to hear the positive and the negative issues that arise on specific projects. It was interesting that the grade II-listed London town house didn’t quite meet the EnerPHit standard with the air tightness once built.
This webinar just highlights the fact that retrofitting any existing building takes time as there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. As shown from the building studies there was substantial pre construction design work done on how to achieve the optimum U-values and air-tightness. The design and construction teams need to be coordinated in the initial stages of the design to get a better cohesive understanding of what needs to be achieved.
With that in mind, approx. 30 million* residential buildings need to be retrofitted by 2050 to meet the net-zero commitment. If each property is to be individually assessed and upgraded, this not only takes time and extra cost but how many qualified construction professionals will be able to do the job? There is no competency requirement in this sector that would achieve the qualities that are mentioned in the webinar.
Retrofitting the existing housing stock requires a lot of training for the construction industry, there needs to be quality control and above all affordable for the general public, not just for the few who can afford the extra 25-30% cost.
*this figure was taken from: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/retrofitting-the-uks-housing-stock-to-reach-net-zero/
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