KET9 Energy Efficiency

One of the most important measures that can be taken to tackle climate change is in how buildings are designed to ensure they are ‘zero carbon ready’ now, so they don’t have to be expensively retrofit in only a few years’ time (at an estimated cost per dwelling of between £15K/£25K).

 There is growing evidence that suggests new buildings do not perform as well as anticipated at design stage. Actual energy consumption in buildings will usually be twice as much as predicted. This passes on expensive running and retrofitting costs to future occupants. 

This policy idea seeks to put in place design and evaluation policies to ensure that any new homes built in the Kettering NP area perform correctly to prevent the need for future retrofitting. This also ensures that owners and occupiers of new homes have lower energy bills in the years to come.