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Retrofit for the future projects named

25/2/2010

Full list of 87 social housing projects that will share £17 million funding pot.

Science minister Lord Drayson and housing minister John Healey have announced the UK social housing projects that will share £17 million of government funding to test low carbon building technology in the Retrofit for the future programme.

In the initial design phase, more than 190 organisations - including housing associations, architects and construction companies - received up to £20,000 each to carry out full feasibility studies and devise innovative proposals. From these proposals, 87 have now been awarded proof of concept development contracts to carry out retrofits on current social houses.

The retrofit prototypes will each receive an average of £142,000 to demonstrate deep cuts in carbon emissions and exemplar energy efficient measures in UK social housing. The level of funding is designed to stimulate implementation of innovative, proof of concept demonstrator houses that may offer cost effective solutions for wider role out across the UK. Each demonstrator house will be evaluated by the Energy Saving Trust for at least two years and the potential for lower cost implementation in volume across the remaining UK social housing stock assessed.

More detail on the implementation of energy efficient measures for social housing UK wide will follow in the government's household energy management strategy, which will soon be released.

The 87 projects are:

London and South East

1. Selleck Nicholls Williams Retrofit, Crawley Homes

2. Crawley New Town Retrofit, Crawley Homes

3. Wimpey No-Fines Retrofit, Crawley Homes

4. Cornish Unity Retrofit, Crawley Homes

5. Solar House 80/50, Places for People

6. South Wight HA retrofit, ECD Architects

7. Southern Housing Group retrofit, ECD Architects

8. Whole house retrofit of a typical Victorian solid wall detached property in Brighton, Earthwise Construction

9. Eco-retrofit Orpington - a multiple house solution, Keniston Housing Association

10. Demonstration of low carbon refurbishment of off-gas homes, Drum Housing (part of Radian)

11. Prince Rupert Street - Retrofit & Replicate II: Progress, Hyde Housing Association

12. A Whole House Low Carbon Solution for Everyday Living, Gifford

13. One Planet Retrofit in Sutton, BioRegional

14. The Haringey PassivTerrace, Metropolitan Housing Trust

15. Low Carbon Sheppey, BBP Regeneration

16. "How Low Can We Go?" Greenwich Council semi-detached house in Charlton, SE7

17. Brixton Passive with L&Q, Green Structures

18. Haringey Passive with L&Q, Green Structures

19. Brent Passive with L&Q, Green Structures

20. Off-grid, solid wall retrofit solution, CEN Services

21. Rankine Road, Tunbridge Wells, Town & Country Housing Group

22. Low carbon everyday details, Prewett Bizley Architects

23. City West Homes' retrofit, City West Homes

24. Ascham Homes, Maple Avenue, Breyer Group

25. 1960s Terraced 2 bed property in NE London, Enfield Homes

26. Post Second World War suburban semi-detached house, PRP Architects

27. Retrofit - Apppledore, Kent, Housing Services, Ashford Borough Council

28. Thamesmead Retrofit House, Axis Europe Plc and Gallions Housing Association

29. Hounslow Council Passivhaus Retrofit, bere:architects

30. A2 Dominion, Bournemead Close, Breyer Group

31. A2 Dominion, Pinner Road, Breyer Group

32. The Oxford Whole House Carbon Reduction Project, Ridge and Partners LLP

33. Decent Homes versus PassivHaus, Octavia Housing, greentomatoenergy, Paul Davis & Partners and Eight Associates

34. Clyde Road Terrace (Four Houses), Peabody

35. Solid wall Victorian house in urban Conservation Area, East Thames Group

36. WHISCERS - Whole House In-Situ Carbon and Energy Reduction Solution

37. Passfield Drive a naturally ventilated Passivhaus Retrofit, bere:architects

38. Thermal store retrofit pilot, Raven Housing Trust

39. Shaftesbury Park Terrace (One House), Peabody

40. Retrofitting to Passivhaus standards, A+G Architects (Oxford)

41. Sustainable refurbishment of a London Victorian street property, East Thames Group

42. Retrofitting a modern timber framed house, Home Group

43. Addressing Energy Consumption and Climate Change Adaptation in post-Decent Homes properties, East Thames Group

44. Eco-retrofit Ealing, EALING HOMES

45. Value for Money Paired Property Eco-refurbishment, ECD Architects

 

North West

46. Riverside HA - Semi-Rural 2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Roland Hill

47. Eco-retrofit Brierfield, Housing Pendle

48. Improvement to 1930's Semi-Detached Properties - Whitehaven Property, Roland Hill

49. Eco-retrofit Colne, Housing Pendle

50. Passiv Haus Retrofit: refurb and regenerate, Plus Dane Group

51. Eco-retrofit Bolton, Bolton at Home

52. Tackling low carbon retrofit of larger terrace housing in conservation areas, Constructive Thinking Studio

 

North East

53. Walker Garden Suburb, Newcastle City Council

54. End Terrace Retrofit, Isos Housing Group

55. Gentoo Retrofit Bid 1, (Traditional Cavity Wall Construction), Gentoo Sunderland

56. Gentoo Retrofit Bid 2, Wimpey No Fines Solid Wall Construction, Gentoo Sunderland

57. Gentoo Retrofit Bid 3, (Laing Easiform non traditional), Gentoo Sunderland

 

Midlands

58. LHA Total Retrofit Solution, Leicester Housing Association

59. Achieving the standards for 2050, Nottingham Community Housing Association

60. Mayfair Place - A1 Housing, Connaught Partnership

61. Project Cottesmore, East Midlands Housing Association

62. Retrofit for the future of sustainable social housing, Hockerton Housing Project Trading

63. Rural Innovation for the Future (RIFF), Encraft

64. St. Luke's Street, Sanctuary Group

65. Bringing Wates homes into the Future, G F Tomlinson Group

66. Inspiration Birmingham 2020, Balsall Heath Housing Co-operative

 

East of England

67. Hard to Heat Homes, SDC Builders

68. BISF Steel Frame House, Cambridge City Council

69. Flagship Retrofit, Carnego Systems Limited

70. Rural Solid Wall Terrace House , Victory Housing Trust

71. Gaymer Memorial Cottages, Hastoe Housing Association

72. Peterborough EnviroCluster Retrofit Project, UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development

73. Adelaide Waters Almshouses, Cambridge Housing Society

 

Yorkshire

74. Rotherham 2010, Bramall Construction

75. Wakefield and District Housing Retrofit, Bramall Construction

76. Tackling Solid Walled, Yorkshire Housing

 

Scotland

77. Retrofitting a post-Decent Home/Scottish Housing Quality Standard, Home in Scotland

78. New from Old, Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association

 

Northern Ireland

79. Eco-Energy Retrofit, Grove Housing Association, Belfast, Eco-Energy (NI)

 

Wales

80. Refurbishment of Social Housing Stock, Ecostruct

81. Solutions for a Holistic Optimal Retrofit (SHOR), Charter Housing Association

82. Self Heating Social Housing - the zero carbon retrofit, RCT Homes

83. Hemp Insulated House, Melin Homes & Willdig Lammie Partnership

 

South West

84. Barbrook PassivHaus Retrofit, Energy Action Devon

85. Stone Pit Lane, Sarsen Housing Association

86. HeatPod, Penwith Housing Association

87. ReHabit, White Design Associates.