Building retrofit market survey from University College London

Improving the energy efficiency of the UK economy could deliver a net benefit of £7.5 billion, with the building sector being a key contributor to these energy savings with most households’ saving 25% on their annual energy costs.  But these savings are not guaranteed and there is a strong need to improve the information that installers, builders, investors, and designers have access to on the market potential for building energy efficiency to help in governing their decisions.

To overcome potential uncertainty on what technologies are readily available in the UK’s market and the potential they can have in improving efficiency of energy for heating, lighting and hot water in UK homes, consistent and timely reporting is needed that speaks to installers, investors, designers and owners.

The University College, London (UCL) Energy Institute has recently joined a project that is aiming to help organizations take action to improve the information available across the building sector on the market potential for energy efficiency installation and investment.  The Building Market Briefs (BMB) initiative aims at collecting and generating insights on the building sector to foster low-carbon investment and scaling by generate an in-depth market study in the form of reports and an online tool.

Recently the organization has taken action in tackling this information gap by supporting the UK Building Market Brief Initiative, developed by EIT Climate-KIC and coordinated by the UCL Energy Institute , by launching a survey, which has recently been circulated to FETA members.

To participate in the BMB Survey, please follow this link:

https://www.soscisurvey.de/BuildingMarketBrief/?r=

For more information on this project, please contact: Ian Hamilton, UCL Energy Institute

24-07-2018