Improving Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings

Improving Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings, new guidance to support energy efficiency upgrades in traditional buildings, is now available.  Primarily aimed at specifiers and installers of retrofitting works, the guidance will also be of interest to owners and occupiers of traditional buildings, residential and non-residential, who want to increase the comfort of these buildings while reducing their energy usage, energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.  The guidance will also assist in the regeneration of traditional buildings in our cities, towns and countryside, enabling the reuse of vacant traditional buildings.

Improving Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings provides practical advice to specifiers and installers on how to make the right decisions when undertaking retrofitting works in traditional buildings.  It explains how traditional buildings work, how to assess their performance and how to plan for climate change.  Advice is given on options for upgrading the different elements of the building fabric, and what to take into consideration when upgrading existing services or choosing a new energy system, including renewable energy, for a traditional building.

Special care is required when undertaking energy upgrade works to traditional buildings.  Improving Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings will assist specifiers, installers and the owners and occupiers of traditional buildings increase energy efficiency in ways that protect the character of their traditional building.