RISE Round Up of 2024 - retrofit technologies
Introduction
In 2024, RISE was joined by a range of experts in retrofit technologies, sharing their knowledge and providing insights into a wide range of retrofit interventions.
Contents
Podcasts
All RISE's podcasts can be found here - there's over 50 episodes to dive into, covering all aspects of the retrofit project planning and delivery journey.
Here's just a few of our most popular retrofit technology episodes:
During this episode we talk all things heat pumps with Claire Brown, Senior Consultant at Turner & Townsend and Andy Wilson, Carbon Literacy Consultant from Great Places Housing Group. As well us discussing sector experience we also discuss Claire and Andy’s own user experience, as both are heat pump owners.
Heat Pumps: tackling the problem of over and under specification
This latest episode of the RISE podcast focuses on monitoring and evaluation techniques for heat pumps, with Dr Richard Jack, Technical Director at Build Test Solutions. Together with our podcast host Sarah Daly, we explore the issue of over or under specification of heat pumps, why around 70% of heat pumps fitted in homes today may not be delivering as effectively as they could because of this issue, and how it can be avoided.
Suspended floor risks in retrofit
In a large number of homes built before the 1970s, there is a high possibility that they have a humid, or even waterlogged, floor void. Host Sarah Daly is joined Tom Lipinski, Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder at Q-Bot, to discuss the risk of floor voids and what must be considered when approaching retrofit.
Choosing the right heating technology for homes can drastically reduce carbon emissions and decrease energy bills for tenants. In this episode of the podcast, host Sarah Daly discusses some of the different heating technologies available on the market with Jan Rosenow, director of European programmes at The Regulatory Assistance Project, and Claire Brown, senior consultant at Tuner & Townsend and PhD researcher at the University of Manchester.
This episode was originally posted under the SHRA podcast series.
In this episode of the podcast, host Sarah Daly is joined by Turner & Townsend's Alison Skillen to discuss low carbon heating. Listen as the two unpack the wide variety of solutions available and the differing benefits, as well as drawbacks that providers should be aware of before deciding which technology to adopt.
This episode was originally posted under the SHRA podcast series.
Masterclasses
We have a full playlist of all 2024's low carbon heating Masterclasses on the RISE YouTube channel. Explore the selection of videos here.