BSRIA retrofits for the future

March 1, 2011
The Retrofit for the Future project commissioned by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) aims to take typical dwellings, retrofit them with the latest energy saving systems and monitor the results closely while the dwelling is occupied, to establish an accurate assessment of energy savings. <br> <br> The monitoring equipment is being supplied by BSRIA Instrument Solutions, experts in the supply of all sorts of testing equipment for the construction industry. BSRIA has developed a complete wireless monitoring package specially designed to the TSB’s project requirements. <br> <br> A traditional three-storey mid terrace home, designed by MEPK Architects and built by Willmott Dixon Construction, has already been refurbished as part of the project and fitted with energy efficient heating systems. Built in the early 1990s for Places for People, the home in a terrace of five in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, was given improved insulation, PV panels by Viridian Solar and an exhaust air heat pump that captures internal heat gains before it is expelled and replaced by hot air.<br> <br>

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