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Webinar: Overheating risk tool for retrofit – Launch

About the tool

The new tool responds to demand from designers, housing associations, environmental health officers, and other parties concerned with overheating risks in the existing housing stock, which are likely to increase further due to climate change and higher temperatures.

This tool is intended for use at the early stages of residential retrofit projects, or on existing homes, in order to identify key factors contributing to overheating risk and possible mitigation measures. It is applicable to existing homes, retrofits, and conversions of non-domestic buildings to residential accommodation.

The tool and guidance are meant to be easy to use by non-specialists to inform early-stage big impact decisions. They promote holistic consideration of overheating risk together with the site context and linked design issues such as ventilation and noise. The potential impacts of energy efficiency measures through retrofit are included, but the tool also highlights the important opportunities for retrofit to contribute not only to overheating risk mitigation, but also improvements in air quality and energy efficiency.

The tool builds upon the beta version which launched in March 2022, with new case studies and improved functionality. We would like to thank everyone who contributed with their comments and case studies.

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Authors and supporters

The main author of this guidance is Julie Godefroy of Julie Godefroy Sustainability, with support from Susie Diamond of Inkling LLP.

The project has been co-funded by the National Energy Foundation, and the BEIS funded REFINE project on radical decarbonisation of social housing through whole house energy retrofits.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the development of this tool and guidance, including Clare Murray (Levitt Bernstein), John Palmer (LETI), Jack Harvie-Clarke (Apex Acoustics), Anthony Chilton (Max Fordham), Harry Paticas (RAFT), Amad Kayani (Historic England), Lucy and Tom Pemble, and all those who provided comments in the feedback workshop or by email.

The REFINE project is one of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrators led by Warwick District Council and Oxford Brookes University with Enhabit/QODA Consulting and Sarah Wigglesworth Architects.

We would like to thank the following steering group members for their input during the project:

  • Hayley Chivers, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
  • Paul Ciniglio, National Energy Foundation
  • Prof. Rajat Gupta, Oxford Brookes University
  • Dr Sarah Price, QODA Consulting
  • Katharine Ray, Warwick District Council
  • Sarah Wigglesworth, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
  • Tim Wilcockson, QODA Consulting

More information

For more information about the Overheating in Retrofit and Existing Homes tool, please contact Julie Godefroy – julie@juliegodefroysustainability.co.uk or Susie Diamond – susie@inklingllp.com.

For more information about the Good Homes Alliance, please contact Julian Brooks, Programmes Director – julian@goodhomes.org.uk, 0330 355 6274.

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Vanguard Network meeting #10 – Gilli Hobbs presentation on circular economy

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Webinar: Net Zero and Community Led Housing

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Despite the benefits of community-led housing, the sector in the UK remains small compared to other countries in Europe and North America, currently delivering less than 0.3% of total housing output.

Past government initiatives have sought to increase uptake, but the original £163m Community Housing Fund closed at the end of 2019 with only a fraction allocated. However, a new £4 million programme launched in 2021, managed by the Community Led Homes (CLH) partnership, will see more than 1,200 new affordable homes delivered across the UK.

How does the community led housing mission align with the net zero agenda? We’ll hear from organisations pushing the boundaries in terms of both community and low energy aspirations.

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Pathfinder Network meeting #6

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GHA Bitesize Webinar Series – Impact and implications – Approved Document Part O: Overheating

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Futurebuild 2022

The net zero challenge for new homes – part 2

COP26 further stressed what we already knew. If we are to meet our net zero commitments and limit global warming, we must start delivering net zero buildings NOW.

Q&A: beyond zero carbon homes

Q&A panel discussion chaired by Lynne Sullivan (Good Homes Alliance). The panel includes Adam Mactavish (Currie & Brown), Nicole Lazarus (Zero Carbon at Scale) and Tom Dollard (PTE)

Standards and policies for Energy

Lynne Sullivan (Good Homes Alliance) talks through the latest standards and policies for zero carbon homes

Early stage guidance to prevent overheating

Susie Diamond (Inkling LLP) discusses the Good Homes Alliance overheating project

Q&A: designing out the risks of overheating

Q&A panel discussion chaired by Lynne Sullivan (Good Homes Alliance). The panel includes Richard Partington (Studio Partington), Susie Diamond (Inkling LLP), Dr Julie Godefroy (CIBSE), Dr Anastasia Mylona (CIBSE) and Victoria Tink (MHCLG)

Q&A: construction quality in a post-Grenfell world

(20 mins) Q&A panel discussion with Lynne Sullivan (Good Homes Alliance), Richard Cook (Lendlease), Paula Higgins (Home Owners Alliance), Peter Caplehorne (CPA), and Robin Nicholson (Cullinan Studio and The Edge).

Recommendations to the industry post-Grenfell

(6 mins) Lynne Sullivan from the Good Homes Alliance discusses the issues raised after Grenfell and recommendations to the industry for change.

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Pathfinder Network meeting #5

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GHA Bitesize Webinar Series – COLLABORATE NOW! Finding specific R&D collaboration opportunities to accelerate our way to Net Zero

The second event in our Bitesize Webinar series.

Net Zero and Circular Economy targets are driving innovation for developers and the whole supply chain, with UK and European R&D funding programmes strongly supporting this.

The need to develop net zero solutions that are affordable, repeatable and carbon and cost effective, that can also work within the many constraints of the planning system, means major innovations are needed from the product and technology design level to the whole build-system and development level. If we are to use credible definitions and measures of net zero this era of innovation has a long way to go to drive down operational and embodied carbon, in parallel with achieving the circular economy goal of net zero waste.

Innovate UK, Horizon Europe and LEP grant programmes are providing numerous opportunities to secure significant grant funding for strong partnerships with strong R&D proposals. How can GHA members and wider industrycollaborate to access this support and accelerate net zero R&D that addresses their needs? How can GHA facilitate and support such collaborations? Are there R&D opportunities that GHA can take forward with natural partners like ASBP?

Good Homes Alliance was joined by Steve Charter, Director and co-founder of Heritage Wind Ltd, an R&D focused company that is developing a net zero and energy security solution that can genuinely contribute to place making, to explore specific opportunities for GHA members and wider industry to develop collaborative R&D partnerships to tackle many of the current and future challenges on the path to net zero.

 

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Vanguard Network meeting #9

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GHA Bitesize Webinar Series – HEAR THIS! The implications of acoustics for compliance with Part F and Part O

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