Sentences with phrase «deep energy retrofits aim»

Deep energy retrofits aim to save 50 % or more of the energy used on site in a home as compared to actual pre-retrofit usage or an estimate of energy use based on housing and climate characteristics.

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For a while now, schemes that aim to encourage the mass uptake of home energy upgrades — essential for cutting carbon emissions from our building stock — have tended to fall into two camps: those that focus on shallow measures like cavity wall insulation and new boilers, and deep retrofit like the Passive House Institute's Enerphit standard.