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Do It Yourself: How to Start Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - July 15, 2021

The decarbonising effects of retrofitting older buildings will do a lot to slow or even prevent the global heating process. But where do we start? How do we know what measures individual properties require,...

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Decarbonising Cities to Reverse Climate Change

Karl Dickinson - July 14, 2021

Cities emit seemingly endless cascades of greenhouse gasses. Carbon dioxide is the number one offender. Rectifying this is pivotal to halting global warming and preventing irreversible climate damage. But decarbonising cities at a mass...

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The Challenges of Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - July 14, 2021

Telling the average person on the street to upgrade their draughty, crumbling home to save energy and, ergo, the planet might be too abstract to inspire action, met with responses like: “What difference can...

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Retrofitting: Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson - July 8, 2021

Populations are rising. We cannot build fast enough to accommodate everyone. We need to utilise older buildings for our living, working, and leisure needs. Retrofitting makes them future-proof, efficient, and climate-friendly, shaping the urban...

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Shallow & Deep – Different Dives into Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - June 25, 2021

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to decarbonising older properties. Each building has its own character, history, and flaws that need to be considered when choosing appropriate measures to make them energy efficient. These can...

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Be Happy With What You’ve Got: The Case for Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - June 14, 2021

What would your dream home look like? Some people will be lucky enough to build fanciful follies from scratch. The rest of us get to pick the choice cuts from pre-existing stock; but older...

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What Is Retrofitting? – Unlocking A Building’s Potential

Karl Dickinson - June 9, 2021

Ever-greener attitudes and regulations ensure new builds, that accommodate growing populations, are efficient and climate-ready. But what about the plethora of existing ones? We can’t just bulldoze them all and start again. So, how...

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