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No reason why old stock can't be significantly improved - some Victorian houses have been retrofitted to passivhaus standards. It's also much less wasteful than knocking down and re-building.
[quote=ransos]..The wider issue is this: nearly half of the houses here in Bristol are solid-wall. Insulating those with just 50mm foam-backed plasterboard would make an enormous improvement to thermal efficiency - say from 2.1 down to around 0.5. Yet this would not comply with building regs! External insulation is difficult when we're talking rows of terraced houses in conservation areas.
I'd rather see lots of houses getting modest insulation measures than just a few houses get the full monty.
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Couldn't agree more.
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Our company is a social enterprise, set up to try and help reduce fuel poverty, and regularly talk to city councils and energy companies regarding these exact points.
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Our customers who pay for the "Rolls Royce" treatment on their houses, help to pay for those that can't afford to fund it themselves.
.No reason why old stock can't be significantly improved - some Victorian houses have been retrofitted to passivhaus standards. It's also much less wasteful than knocking down and re-building.
This is exactly what we aim for.
No reason why old stock can't be significantly improved - some Victorian houses have been retrofitted to passivhaus standards
I completely agree with the first part and would be very interested in seeing some examples of a Victorian Passivhaus if you can point me in the right direction.
Here's two for starters:
http://m.bdonline.co.uk/technical/haringey-passiv-terrace-retrofit-by-anne-thorne-architects/5015446.article
http://tcn.uk.com/blogs/entry/Passivhaus-retrofit
Cheers. 😀
Interesting articles.
Great articles!
Not working at home at the moment but I just wear thick shocks jumper and a hat. cheep cheep like the budgie.