Commercial Retrofit

Building the Case for Net Zero: Retrofitting Retail and Logistics Buildings

This report is next in the series of non-domestic retrofit guidance supporting the retail and logistics sectors to take action to combat their energy and carbon impacts.

This report aims to empower the retail and logistics sectors to drive rapid reductions in energy use and whole life carbon. It does this by highlighting commonly used retrofit measures for these buildings and examining the possible impacts on energy performance and their estimated cost of implementation. It also identifies other key considerations for deciding what and when to undertake retrofit measures.

Building the Case for Net Zero: Retrofitting Office Buildings

This guidance reframes retrofit as an iterative process, rather than a standalone project, and demonstrates that upgrades should be planned and implemented to align with critical opportunities, such as lease and maintenance cycles.

This report outlines which retrofit measures are the most energy and cost efficient, empowering industry professionals to understand what would work best for their particular project. These retrofit measures span the breadth of building upgrade types: building optimisation, light retrofit and deep retrofit.

Part 2 of this workstream will launch later in the spring, please get in touch with ANZ@ukgbc.org if you have any questions.

Delivering Net Zero: Practical Actions for Optimising Energy Use

This report supports greater reductions in the energy use and associated carbon emissions of operational non-domestic buildings, outlining key steps for success and lists practical actions, which will be applicable to many buildings.

23% of the UK’s built environment carbon emissions come from the energy used in non-domestic buildings. On average, this can be reduced by a quarter through optimisation actions. This guidance has been created to support greater reductions in the energy use and associated carbon emissions of operational non-domestic buildings.

Every organisation and building has its own unique characteristics and so there is no one size fits all answer for energy and carbon optimisation. However, based on case studies and the industry experience of the working group, this report outlines key steps for success and lists practical actions, which will be applicable to many buildings.

Delivering net zero: key considerations for commercial retrofits

Understanding the fundamentals

The guide summarises the fundamental considerations for retrofit projects to support the drive towards net zero carbon in our existing commercial building stock. It includes:

• Definitions for light and deep retrofits
• 10 key considerations for net zero carbon focused retrofits projects to support net zero pathways and goals
• Real-world case studies, exemplifying the importance of these considerations and the benefits low carbon focused retrofits can have in the advancing net zero goals.