Overcoming the Challenges of Financing Retrofit in the UK: A Pathway to Net Zero
Rachael Owens Wales and the UK face a significant challenge in ramping up retrofit delivery to meet net zero, fuel poverty and health goals. Currently, across the UK, we retrofit around 250,000 homes per year, but to meet our targets, we need to increase this to 1.5 million homes annually by 2035. This sixfold increase is critical to achieving a total of 11.8 million retrofits in England, 1 million in Wales, 1.2 million in Scotland and 300,000 in Northern Ireland, and that’s just if we are targeting EPC C for all homes....