Deep Retrofits Are Essential
This split incentive delays crucial retrofits needed for climate-safe and affordable buildings. Addressing both owners’ and residents’ concerns is vital to overcoming this issue.
This split incentive delays crucial retrofits needed for climate-safe and affordable buildings. Addressing both owners’ and residents’ concerns is vital to overcoming this issue.
While deep retrofits are best known in Canada for reducing energy costs through increased energy efficiency, the new report provides a more comprehensive overview of all the benefits.
The best way to lower emissions and increase the resiliency of our infrastructure is through deep retrofits: holistic energy efficiency upgrades to homes that improve occupant health and make housing more affordable by lowering bills, achieved through the use of low-carbon materials, new technologies (like heat pumps and energy efficient windows) and the use of smart electricity grids.