Local Area Retrofit Accelerator

Introduction

This guidance helps Local Authorities create sustainable local retrofit markets by showing how to initiate, develop and deliver a ‘one stop shop’ Retrofit Facilitation Service. It is aimed at services supporting willing-to-pay households complementing grant schemes targeted at those in fuel poverty.

Recognising that many Local Authorities have limited capacity, it brings together practical insights and lessons from real world examples to help you move faster and with greater confidence.

Organised into four sections, this guidance will help Local Authority officers build a strong business case for a Retrofit Facilitation Service, plan and develop it, deliver it effectively, and identify opportunities to scale.

Key resources include a Retrofit Facilitation Service Finance Tool (Excel) to support Local Authorities in understanding funding requirements and financial performance.

Further details on how this Toolkit was developed is available here. For wider strategic and policy context, see the UKGBC Retrofit Playbook.

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Your business case will set the stage for your retrofit facilitation service, explaining to decision makers and stakeholders what the service aims to achieve, how you will go about it and the opportunities and risks it presents.

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In this part of the guidance, we will walk through the mobilisation phase of your retrofit facilitation service. This means all of the development activities that need to take place so that your service is ready to start delivering its service.

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We will discuss some of the general activities associated with retrofit facilitation services and provide links to examples and guidance to help you deliver your service. This section covers:

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In this guidance, we talk about setting up a retrofit facilitation service and putting in place the foundations for something which will grow over a period of years.

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The Retrofit Toolkit has been developed in partnership with The MCS Foundation

Local Area Retrofit Accelerator

Introduction

Developing the business case

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Mobilisation

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Service delivery

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Scaling up

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