Practice briefing: Commercial property retrofitting: What does “retrofit” mean, and how can we scale up action in the UK sector?

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 443-452

  Dixon, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial property; DECs; Energy efficiency; Energy performance contract; EPCs; Green deal; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925092262     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JPIF-02-2014-0016     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. All Party Group for Excellence in the Built Environment (APGEBE) (2013), “Re-energising the Green Agenda”, report from the Commission of Inquiry into Sustainable Construction and the Green Deal, All Party Group of Excellence in the Built Environment, London.
2. Bright, S. and Dixie, H. (2013), “Evidence of green leases in England and Wales”, International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, Vol. 6 Nos 1/3, pp. 1-17.
3. British Retail Consortium (2014), Business Rates: The Road to Reform, British Retail Consortium, London.
4. Committee on Climate Change (CCC) (2013), Meeting Carbon Budgets: 2013 Progress Report to Parliament, CCC, London.
5. DECC (2012), What are the Factors Influencing Energy Behaviours and Decision-Making in the Non-Domestic Sector? A Rapid Evidence Review, DECC, London.
6. Dixon, T. and Eames, M. (2013), “Scaling up: the challenges of urban retrofit”, Building Research and Information, Vol. 41 No. 5, pp. 499-503.
7. Dixon, T., Britnell, J. andWatson, G.B. (2014), “City-wide’ or ‘City-blind?’ an analysis of emergent retrofit practices in the UK commercial property sector”, project report, EPSRC Retrofit 2050, Cardiff, ISSN 2052-1618.
8. Douglas, J. (2006), Building Retrofit, Butterworth Heinemann, London.
9. European Parliament (2012), report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC, Brussels.
10. GBPN (2013), What is a Deep Renovation Definition? Technical Report, Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN), Paris.
11. Institute for Building Efficiency (2013), Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey, Institute for Building Efficiency, Washington, DC.
12. JLL (2012), ATale of Two Buildings are EPCs a True Indicator of Energy Efficiency?, JLL, London.
13. Living Cities (2010), Scaling up building energy retrofitting in US cities: A resource guide for local leaders, Living Cities, New York.
14. Managan, K. and Klimovich, K. (2013), Setting the PACE: Financing Commercial Retrofits., Institute for Building Efficiency, Washington, DC.
15. Mansfield, J.R. (2002), “What’s in a name? Complexities in the definition of ‘refurbishment’ ”, Property Management, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 23-30.
16. NABERS (2014), National Australian Built Environment Rating System, Sydney, available at: www.nabers.gov.au/public/WebPages/Home.aspx (accessed February 2014).
17. Policy Partners (2013), Renovation Roadmaps for Buildings, Policy Partners, London.
18. Property Industry Alliance (PIA) (2013), Property Data report, 2013, PIA, London.
19. RICS (2013a), Sustainable Construction: Realising the Opportunities for Built Environment Professionals, RICS, London.
20. RICS (2013b), Sustainability and Commercial Property Valuation, RICS, London.
21. Snoxall, J. (2013), “Race for the prize, BPF”, available at: www.britishland.com/B/media/Files/B/ British-Land/documents/Race_for_the_prize.pdf (accessed April 2014).
22. UKGIB (2013), “Investing to build a stronger, greener UK economy”, available at: www. greeninvestmentbank.com/ (accessed June 2014).
23. Urge-Vorsatz, D. (2012), “Energy end use: buildings”, available at: www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/ research/Flagship-Projects/Global-Energy-Assessment/Chapte10.en.html (accessed April 2014).
24. Westminster Sustainable Business Forum/Carbon Connect (2013), Building Energy Efficiency: Reducing Energy Demand in the Commercial Sector, Westminster Sustainable Business Forum/Carbon Connect, London.
25. Wilkinson, S. (2012), “Analysing sustainable retrofit potential in premium office buildings”, Structural Survey, Vol. 30 No. 5, pp. 398-410.
26. World Economic Forum (WEF) (2011), A Profitable and Resource Efficient Future: Catalysing Retrofit Finance and Investing in Real Estate, WEF, Geneva.
27. Institute for Sustainable Communities/Living Cities (2009), Scaling Up Building Energy Retrofitting in US Cities., Institute for Sustainable Communities/Living Cities, Montpelier, VT, USA.