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Sector · Residential

Warmer, healthier, lower-carbon homes.

Housing associations, build-to-rent operators and high-end residential owners share the same challenge: delivering retrofit at quality and at scale. We support fabric-first retrofit programmes from feasibility through to handover.

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The pressures

What this sector is contending with

  • Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) tightening
  • Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) deadlines
  • Damp, mould and indoor air quality risk
  • Resident comfort and bill affordability
How we help

Where we add value

  • PAS 2035-aligned whole-house retrofit assessments
  • Fabric-first energy audits and retrofit specification
  • SHDF and ECO funding strategy
  • Performance monitoring post-installation
Funding

Residential funding routes we work with.

Most of this work is funded — fully or partly — through schemes the buyer didn’t know they could access. We sequence engagements around grant windows.

  • Social Housing Decarbonisation FundSHDF

    DESNZ · Wave-based (Wave 3 and beyond)

    Audience — Local authorities and registered providers of social housing
    Award — £2m – £50m+
    Fabric-first retrofit of social housing — EPC band C and below — toward EPC C or higher.

  • ECO4

    Ofgem / DESNZ · Runs to 2026; ECO+ extends to 2028

    Audience — Low-income and vulnerable households
    Award — Per-property measure-based
    Obligation on large energy suppliers to fund energy-efficiency measures in low-income and vulnerable households.

  • Boiler Upgrade SchemeBUS

    Ofgem / DESNZ · Open to 2028

    Audience — Owners of domestic properties and small non-domestic buildings
    Award — £5k – £7.5k per heat pump or biomass installation
    Grants toward replacement of fossil-fuel heating with air- or ground-source heat pumps and biomass.

  • MCS-linked grants

    Various (BUS, ECO4, Home Energy Scotland) · Open year-round

    Audience — Domestic property owners and registered installers
    Award — Varies
    Most domestic low-carbon grants require Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) installer accreditation.
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