Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund · Wave 1
East Midlands Homes
Homes averaged Band C at 89.58 kWh/m² space heating demand, inside the 90 kWh/m² limit.
- Homes
- 105
- PAS 2035:2019 risk path
- C
- Services value
- £109,725
- Completed
- June 2023
East Midlands Homes (EMH) appointed us for all professional retrofit services on 105 of its homes in the East Midlands. The funding set two conditions for every home: reach SAP Band C, and keep space heating demand at or below 90 kWh/m² a year.
The measures were external wall insulation, finished in brick slip or render so that full planning applications weren't needed, plus loft insulation, insulated doors and decentralised mechanical ventilation in every wet room. Homes with mansard roofs also needed full roof replacement, with the rafters extended to take the new insulation.
What we delivered
- Retrofit, condition and occupancy assessments, EPCs and dimensioned floor plans
- Air permeability testing
- Full SAP modelling, improvement options and medium-term retrofit plans
- Pre- and post-works technical drawings for every house type, with on-site surveys of non-standard construction such as mansard roofs
- Technical detailing for thermal bridging at the eaves, and for moving windows into the insulation layer at a later date
- Installer support on sequencing, and regular site visits checking work against the design
- TrustMark lodgement, certification and retrofit evaluation