Energy Matters | Issue 10 | 2022
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TECHNICAL CORNER www.elmhurstenergyconsultancy.co.uk
Measured Energy Performance Chris Ricketts, Elmhurst Energy Consultancy Business Manager
We have some exciting news! The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) recently released its guidance for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF): Wave 2.1. And… within their guidance they have indicated that they will provide up to £600K (or up to 2% of capital spend per bid) to assist in the digitalisation of retrofit! The SHDF fund aims to improve the energy performance of social homes in England and is open for applications from Local Authorities, Combined Authorities and Registered Providers of social housing.
Now, what does digitalisation mean? The definition of the digitalisation of retrofit considered for SHDF Wave 2.1 funding encompasses: 1. The usage of smart technology, sensors and monitoring platforms to collect relevant real-world data (from the properties being retrofitted) for the assessment of properties to enable retrofit, or after retrofit for monitoring and evaluation purposes. 2. The usage of building information modelling technology to design retrofit solutions using real world data from the properties being retrofitted.
