Retrofit of homes with renewables and energy efficiency measures is a crucial component in the UK achieving its Net Zero targets. And crucial steps to achieving that retrofit are building both householder enthusiasm for it, and a supply chain that can deliver it at scale.
In the Local Supply Chain Demonstrators scheme, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) commissioned six geographically distinct demonstration projects to test different approaches to increasing the uptake of retrofit work in target areas through: (a) providing funded support for local supply chain integration and project coordination; (b) targeting ‘able-to-pay’ owner occupiers and the private rented sector with attractive and more affordable opportunities for retrofit work.
We led a two-year, multi-phase evaluation of the programme, generating valuable learnings for BEIS on effective methods for increasing retrofit activity, outstanding barriers to overcome, and potential policy to further support and encourage domestic retrofit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supply-chain-demonstrator-project-final-evaluation-report