In partnership with Emma Miller and Dr Iain Cairns from the University of Strathclyde, Under One Roof has published a free, useful toolkit for tenement owners about how to retrofit their building.
It covers every element of carrying out a retrofit project. Some retrofit projects are very straightforward and can be done by individual flat owners, such as draught-proofing your own flat with curtains and thermal blinds. However, other retrofit projects can be more complicated, and can involve common areas of your building. If you would like to, for example, install insulation in your shared loft, you will have to get the support of all the other owners in your building, because the roof is typically a common area for which all the owners share ownership and costs. This toolkit addresses all kinds of retrofit projects, and talks you through every single step. It explains how to contact the other owners in your building, how to choose the right contractors together, and how to organise retrofit works.
You can read it in its entirety, or dip in and out of relevant sections as needed. It is your free, comprehensive guide to improving your building’s energy efficiency.
