In this episode, we interview the directors of the National Retrofit Hub - Rachel Owens and Sara Edmonds. 00:00 Introduction 00:52 What is NRH? 02:02 Rachel’s background 04:12 Sara’s background 08:40 About the NRH, who is involved and getting the message across 14:25 Reasons for, and benefits of, retrofit 15:27 Retrofit for homeowners, builders and builders’ merchants 20:50 Community involvement 24:17 Getting the message out 27:17 Aims of NRH 30:15 The NRH directory and looking for examples and exemplars 31:50 Getting the next generations involved 33:15 The bigger picture and meeting the challenge 34:55 Scientific research regarding traditional buildings and technical issues 40:10 Funding for research 44:20 EPCs and concerns regarding tenants 50:20 Home buying and selling and log books 53:54 Global cooperation and coordination 57:52 Archetyping by age 1:00:30 Longer term aims and aspirations 1:04:40 Sustainability 1:05:10 How to contact NRH and how to get involved 1:06:27 Rich and Stephen sum up Links Built Environment Smarter Transformation - BEST: www.be-st.build Home Energy Action Lab: https://www.instagram.com/home_energy_action_lab/  Architects Action Network - ACAN: www.architectscan.org National Home Improvement Council - NHIC: https://nhic.org.uk/  Retrofit Reimagined - film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m2hSkCZ_zE  Canopy Housing (Leeds): https://www.canopyhousing.org/  Timber Fest: https://timberfestival.org.uk/ Civic Square: https://civicsquare.cc/  Centre for Moisture in Buildings: https://ukcmb.org/ SEDA - Scottish Ecological Design Association: https://www.seda.uk.net/  Ecological Building Systems: https://www.ecologicalbuildingsystems.com/  Impact on Urban Health: https://urbanhealth.org.uk/  Home Buying and Selling Council https://homebuyingsellingcouncil.co.uk/  REScoop - https://www.rescoop.eu/  UKERC - https://ukerc.ac.uk/ SME - Small medium enterprise RMI - Repair maintenance and improvement BSI - British Standards institute DESNZ - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero DLUHC - Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities UKGBC - UK Green Building Council SHDF - Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund EPC - Energy Performance Certificate MEES - Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.