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The National Refurbishment Challenge - by Jonathan Davis
1. The National Refurbishment Challenge
- CoRE’s contribution to developing the
retrofit market in Stoke-on-Trent
Jonathan Davis CEO | 13 March 2012
2. The National Refurbishment Challenge
• The United Kingdom has the oldest housing stock in the
developed world.
• 5.5 million households in the UK are ‘fuel poor’ (2009)
• Our homes are responsible for 25% of UK CO2
emissions
• 5 Million homes are pre 1919 (traditional)
• 500,000 of these are listed buildings
3. The National Refurbishment Challenge
• The number of homes refurbished should be 22m in England by
2050 - at least 80,000 / year in West Midlands
• Skills deficit in sustainable refurbishment is well known
• 8.4% unemployment rate (highest for 16 years) - 22.2% for 16 - 24
year olds
• UK Government committed to reducing national CO2 emissions by
34% by 2020 and 80% by 2050 (baseline 1990).
• The state of the science on climate change indicates a dire and
worsening situation.
9. CoRE’s mission
• Promoting sustainable refurbishment
• Helping create new jobs
• Increase business efficiency
• Reduce fuel poverty
• Raise the profile of the West Midlands
• Help meet national targets for the low carbon economy
• Support delivery in Stoke-on-Trent
10. CoRE’s delivery
• A national learning hub and showcase for sustainable
refurbishment
• A “living” demonstrator and business incubator for new
products, systems and skills
• A new collaborative knowledge platform for younger and
older learners
• A high profile venue for conferences, meetings and business
networking
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16. The National Refurbishment Challenge
Issues for the construction industry
• Complexity
• No ‘one size fits all approach’ and
‘the hunt for archetypes’
• The industry itself
• Meeting customers’ needs and technical
requirements
• Lack of monitoring, evaluation and systematic
feedback
19. The National Refurbishment Challenge
Issues for the construction industry
Complexity - the industry
‘functional gaps and management discontinuities’
Prepare
Construction
Architecture
Engineering
Design
Surveying
Construct
Source
Mattar 1983
Use
20. The National Refurbishment Challenge
Issues for the construction industry
Complexity - the industry
‘functional gaps and management discontinuities’
Prepare
Construction
Architecture
Engineering
Design
Surveying
Construct
Source
Mattar 1983 Use ‘Feel our pain’
21. The National Refurbishment Challenge
Issues for the construction industry
• Complexity – ‘operational islands’ ...
Ineffective co-ordination; poor communication
Source
Mattar 1983
22. The National Refurbishment Challenge
Issues for the construction industry
Meeting individual customers’ needs and
technical requirements
• Communication and behaviour change
• Integrity and independence
• Trigger points and sequencing
• Interfacing between trades
23. The National Refurbishment Challenge
Issues for the construction industry
Meeting individual customers’ needs and
technical requirements
• Understanding building physics
• The difference between a product and a system
• Risk and unintended consequence
• Time and cost of skills development and training
24. CoRE’s contribution to developing the
retrofit market in Stoke-on-Trent
• A national hub for learning and skills development for
refurbishment
• Regeneration of Longton
• Adding value to the renewal of the city through
refurbishment excellence
• Local and regional labour market and supply chains
• Contribution to strategic thinking
25. Sustainable cities have...
• an appetite for change
• leaders who can think long
term
• capacity to work across
administrative boundaries
• freedom to control land and
assets
• a complete focus on whole-life
value
26. Towns and cities are complex systems:
where are our points of leverage?
Energy Water Public space / GI
Waste Movement
Technology ?
Behaviour ?
Information ?
29. Area based programmes
Connecting:
• Homes
• Manufacturing industry
• Service industries, including
• University
• Stoke College
• Civic Centre
• Sports and leisure
centre, including a pool
• Hospitals
30. Area based programmes
• Balancing supply and demand
• Scale economies
• Learning by doing
• Avoiding repetition of mistakes
• Integrated design
• Help change behaviour
• Wider benefits to
neighbourhood, e.g. Green
Infrastructure
• Should tackle social and
economic problems too
34. The National Refurbishment Challenge
Where’s our leverage in the supply chain?
• Policy makers
• Clients
• Green Deal Providers
• Professional service providers
• Constructors and contractors
• Specialist installers
• Product manufacturers and suppliers
• Training providers and sector skills council
• Accreditation and awarding bodies
35. Conclusions
Renewable technologies become increasingly relevant as:
• Energy prices increase
• Higher levels of carbon mitigation are sought
• The full social cost of carbon is applied
• 80 : 20 rule applies - hard to treat (historic) buildings
• where impact of renewables is less than of fabric
measures
36. Conclusions
Renewable technologies become increasingly relevant as:
• Suppliers ensure correct and responsible application
and satisfy customer needs
• Gaining and maintaining market confidence
• Area-based approaches are undertaken regularly,
demonstrate scale economies and wider social and
economic benefit
