Landlord Retrofit
Minimum EPC Requirements are Changing.
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Minimum EPC D
Soon, all new tenancies in England will require a minimum EPC rating of D. Whilst EPC reports give broad indications of how to improve your rental property’s energy efficiency, they’re not tailored to your property’s unique situation.
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Future Requirements
HM Government’s 2030 and 2050 targets will inevitably require landlords to bring their properties up to ever more stringent energy performance targets. Installing insulation, glazing or mechanical systems in the wrong order or of insufficient efficiency could cost you more to upgrade down the line.
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Staggered Retrofit
With our experience in the rental market, we know that capital outlay needs to be carefully managed, and unoccupancy minimised. We can specify a property-unique step-by-step plan to bring your property up to Passive House standards over the long term, minimising disruption to tenants and not locking you into expensive, under-performing measures.
Increased Marketability
Increasingly energy-conscious tenants value the peace of mind that not only is an energy-efficient property good for their wallets, but it’s also good for the planet too. A rental property that performs better is more attractive to tenants, commanding greater rents. The improved air quality, warmth and comfort of a properly designed retrofit can even lead to longer tenancies, giving you peace of mind and a reliable source of income.
Increased Peace of Mind
We can create a Passive House Institute (PHI) certified plan for your property, which takes into account routine repair and replacement schedules to minimise additional expenditure and maximise your rental’s potential.
Knowing what’s required at each step in advance can help with financial planning for both you and the project.
Careful planning means that previously installed components won’t have to be altered to install later improvements.
Reduced Maintainence
Mechanical heat recovery ventilation removes excess moisture from the property, while the super-insulated structure prevents cold spots and mould, thus reducing damage to your investment property and costly cleaning and repairs.
Carefully considered details shed water while keeping draughts at bay, avoiding hidden damage.
We can produce manuals for your maintenance team, as well as one for the tenant on how to keep the house running in tip-top condition with almost no change to their behaviour.
Even ‘Hard to Treat’ properties can be retrofitted
Just because a property is thought of as ‘Hard to Treat’ doesn’t mean it has to be difficult. In the past, it was thought that properties needed to ‘breathe’; modern building science teaches us to manage vapour permeability, while still keeping the air we’ve paid to heat indoors.
Carefully considered combinations of insulation products will allow your tenants to stay warm, and your building to continue to stand the tests of time.
Why Choose a Deep Energy Retrofit?
Quality Assurance
In order to achieve the Passive House Institute’s ‘EnerPHit’ standard, projects are assessed both on paper and real-world results through testing. Certification gives you the peace of mind that your retrofit has been designed and built to the highest standards and will perform as expected.
Measures That Pay For Themselves
As part of the PHPP EnerPHit process, we model your home as it is currently, as well as what it could be. By calculating the energy saved over years, we can prove how long it will take to cover the costs of renovation, including interest and inflation.
Of course, there’s also the unquantifiable advantage of living in a quiet, comfortable home with fresh filtered air.
Step-By-Step
We recognise that few people have the resources to implement an entire deep energy retrofit at once. The Enerphit Retrofit Plan (ERP) allows us to develop a long-term strategy for refurbishment. This reduces the chances of short-term measures that could lock in modest gains, and instead allows improvements that interlink and complement each other over time.
Tailored to Your Location
Using the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP), we take into account your local climate data, elevation, shading from nearby trees and buildings, all to make sure the models and proposed work perfectly suit your situation.
Conservation Area Friendly
Reducing the energy usage of your building doesn’t have to mean covering up architectural details with external insulation. Where required, internal wall insulation can be used to reduce energy losses while keeping the character of the property intact.
First, Do No Harm
Older methods of construction require different approaches to renovation and insulation in order to avoid causing damage due to trapped moisture or interstitial condensation. We use analysis of the existing structure to tailor the retrofit approach to your home’s unique situation and make sure that any materials used won’t cause unintended consequences further down the line.