£10 Million Investment Proposal for South West Retrofit Revolution
Retrofit West CIC is a new community interest company formed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy to accelerate home and building retrofit activity. The West of England Combined Authority has commissioned Retrofit West CIC to deliver a retrofit accelerator homeowner advice service across the region.
Retrofit West will establish a one-stop-shop advisory service for homeowners carrying out ‘whole house’ retrofitting activities on their homes. The service will encourage and support homeowners through the entire process, from initial thoughts about retrofit works, through planning interventions and on to the completion of installations.
The retrofit accelerator is a wider project that the Combined Authority is funding. It will also help build the supply chain and green skills opportunities and will include support for micro and small businesses such as builders and those carrying out repairs, maintenance and improvements.
For many years, the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has been working on the crucial challenge to scale up home and building retrofit services through our Futureproof programme – both working with local authorities on funded schemes and developing services for households able to self-fund their home energy improvements. It’s a vital part of CSE’s mission because improving home energy standards will literally insulate people from future energy price rises, tackling fuel poverty, boosting local economies and support new skilled jobs in the building trades.
Local shadow government recognises the urgent need to accelerate retrofit by enabling others to act and expanding the market for advice, particularly through community engagement. Meanwhile, there’s a strong ambition to develop further activities to support the development of the retrofit supply chain and community capacity.
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