Planning whole house energy retrofits in social housing – investigating stakeholder needs to ensure effective and efficient decision making

Morewood, Jack ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7475-3588, Patterson, Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4440-159X and Perisoglou, Emmanouil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7295-6058 2026. Planning whole house energy retrofits in social housing – investigating stakeholder needs to ensure effective and efficient decision making. Presented at: CIBSE Technical Symposium 2026, Loughborough, UK, 26-27 March 2026.

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Abstract

As social landlords retrofit their housing stock to meet their fuel poverty and decarbonisation targets, they face choices about which retrofit solutions and homes to prioritise. This paper presents a three-stage investigation into the retrofit planning needs of social landlords in Wales, combining a literature review, questionnaire and interviews. Most interviewees adopted fabric-first approaches and faced barriers including limited skills, supply chain capacity, technical complexity and finance. The need for accurate, user-friendly tools capable of translating high-level strategies into deliverable programmes was emphasised. Social landlords use diverse datasets to understand their housing stock, affecting the data available to support decision making. The findings suggest that a well-designed tool could help social landlords understand the impacts of different energy retrofit pathways while navigating the barriers faced.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item - published (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Architecture
Funders:	Affordable Warmth Solutions CIC, National Energy Action, Cardiff University
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	29 March 2026
Date of Acceptance:	January 2026
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2026 01:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/186058

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