Retrofit Assessment – What are they?

A retrofit assessor will assess your property and produce a retrofit assessment. The aim is to recommend measures to improve the energy efficiency of your home in a ‘whole of house’ approach. The retrofit assessment report will then be used by your retrofit coordinator, to oversee the management and design of all retrofit measuires. The assessment is effectively three reports in one. An energy report, an occupancy assessment and a condition report.

Energy Report
This is similar to an Energy Performance Certificate, but with a little bit more detail added. This element of the report makes the Energy Efficiency Recommendations that should be considered, in order to make the property more efficient.

Condition Report
It is important that any current defects are considered before moving forward with Energy Efficiency measures. Some defects if not rectified first, could make current defects worse. Such defects that we must consider are Damp and Condensation, Structural movement, Damage to elements of the property, such as roof, walls and floors.

From there you can make decisions on what you can do to make your energy usage more efficient such as increasing insulation, replacing a boiler or installing photovoltaic panels (PV).

Occupancy Assessment
The final part of the assessment is looking at your previous energy usage. We will need to look at your last 12 months utility bills and will ask questions about how you use the property in terms of cooking, showering and bathing. Understanding how you use the property and when, will allow us to tailor recommendations to specifically suit you.

The assessment usually takes about two hours and will be carried out by a fully accredited Retrofit Assessor who will assess the scope and risk of any action to be taken with your property.