Chris Carus

65 Followers
46 Following
27 Posts
Co-founder of Loco Home Retrofit CIC - a cooperative of homeowners, building trades and professionals in Glasgow locoretrofit.coop
Find me on Bluesky. @chris-carus.bsky.social
Logging back in to Mastodon for the first time in many months to say.... I'm on Bluesky.
Main news I'm taking from Scot Gov announcement of Heat in Buildings Consultation is a delay of ~3 years vs previous schedule. Previously minimum energy efficiency standards were expected to apply to new tenancies and home re-sales from 2025. Now looking at 2028.
Majority of green heat transition now shifting from 2020s to 2030s. Deadline for green heat well into 2030s. Thats far enough into the future for it not to hit public consciousness.
@moistly_bricks I’m careful not to make recommendations beyond my competence which means I always direct towards a competent designer. But the scarcity of designers means that IWI doesn’t happen. We need to find ways to scale up without needing advanced training and WUFI for every home. Loco Home has commissioned research to develop a risk assessment tool for common Glasgow archetypes/stones/exposures etc based on WUFI simulations to enable affordable scale. A topic for the Hub?
@moistly_bricks Hi Toby. Yes it’s funny looking back on that post from February. Since then I’ve gained a lot more experience. I am still very unlikely to recommend PIR IWI but it does seem to work ok far more often than my training led me to expect.
@ScottishGreens why are you implicitly accepting that central government can set local taxes? I thought you believed in local democracy and subsidiarity etc. ?
Found the EPC too. It is EPC C but a mid-floor, mid-terrace flat would be EPC with single glazing and a gas boiler. Surprised it scores so well with instant electric heating and hot water.
@DanielRThomas haha maybe somebody can geolocate it.
Sheesh. EST case study.
1896 tenement flat with vapour impermeable internal wall insulation and electric underfloor heating.
Bills will be sky high and the wall likely to be deteriorating.
Would love to visit.
https://greenhomesnetwork.energysavingtrust.org.uk/CaseStudy.aspx?cid=1647&cindex=-1
Energy Saving Trust | Green Homes Network

@DanielRThomas @julie3dharris yes it’s Grant McCowan. He has started up a consultancy. He was talking about making it a community programme but think he hasn’t got that far yet. https://www.rtrfit.com/
RTRFIT | Home

RTRFIT. ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.

One of the highlights of 2022 was signing (on behalf of the board) the employment contracts for Loco Home Retrofit's first employees, two executive officers. We will soon be hiring more roles (lots of flexibility so do get in touch):

Two roles covering some or all of the following:
* Development: project management, research, service design, community development
* Technical delivery: surveying, advising, specifying and coordinating works.
Contact: @Chris_Carus #Retrofit #jobs #ClimateCrisis