Retrofitting the built environment

List of contributors vii Foreword Kevin Anderson xv 1 Retrofitting the built environment: An introduction 1 Will Swan and Philip Brown PART 1 Understanding the problem 5 2 Achieving systemic urban retrofit: A framework for action 7 Tim May, Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin and Beth Perry 3 Openness in household energy use: The new Housing Energy Fact File 20 Jason Palmer, Ian Cooper and Martin Hughes 4 Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector: A socio-technical perspective 36 Will Swan PART 2 Policy and regulation 53 5 A roadmap to significant reductions in energy use for existing buildings: The long view 55 Stephen Morgan 6 Thermal retrofit and building regulations for dwellings in the UK 67 Stephen Todd 7 Retrofitting existing dwellings: Lessons from the policy instruments of front-runners 81 Lorraine Murphy PART 3 Implementing and evaluating retrofit 97 8 Make no assumptions: The selection of domestic retrofit improvements 99 Charlie Baker, Luke Smith and Will Swan 9 Life cycle assessment of refurbishment strategies for historical buildings 113 Gianluca Ruggieri, Giovanni Dotelli, Paco Melia and Sergio Sabbadini 10 FutureFit: Lessons for the Green Deal from a retrofit large-scale project in UK social housing 128 Alexandra Willey 11 Energy monitoring in retrofit projects: Strategies, tools and practices 141 Richard Fitton PART 4 Peoples and communities 155 12 Engaging residents in multifamily building retrofits: Reducing energy consumption and enhancing resident satisfaction 157 Patricia Gee and Lucrezia Chiappetta 13 Ensuring energy efficiency at the individual level: Getting psychologically informed 170 Philip Brown 14 Barriers to domestic retrofit: Learning from past home improvement experiences 184 Becky Mallaband, Victoria Haines and Val Mitchell 15 Low-energy design for non-experts: Usability in whole house retrofit 200 Marianne Heaslip Index 225