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Welcome to the NHC Retrofit Planning Tool

Find out what benefits you could bring to your residents if you install particular energy efficiency measures and low-carbon heating across their homes. Exclusive to NHC members, this Retrofit planning tool will enable you to estimate how much carbon your proposed interventions could save, how much it will cost you and how much your residents could potentially save on their fuel bills.

The NHC Retrofit Planning Tool allows you to pick two scenarios to compare findings, enables you to choose from 13 different energy measures and there are 32 different housing set-ups you can select by using the drop down menus.

Access the NHC Retrofit Planning Tool

(Please note: you will be redirected to our member portal ‘MyNHC’. If you are not registered you will be prompted to do so to access the NHC Retrofit Planning Tool.)

Frequently asked questions

ABOUT THE RETROFIT PLANNING TOOL

The NHC Retrofit Planning Tool (“the Tool”) is designed for NHC members to provide a high-level understanding of the scale of the opportunity in terms of CO2e savings, associated capital costs and tenant benefits from installing energy measures.

The Tool provides high-level insight into the retrofit of low carbon measures but will not substitute more detailed whole stock studies that involve desktop analysis and site visits.

The Tool is located within MyNHC, and you will need to log in with your sign in details.

A vital part of the Tool is the ability for users to select housing archetypes which are representative of the housing types within their local area.

There are 32 housing archetypes within the Tool which represent the majority of property types. These can be selected from the drop-down menus on row one.

House, flat and bungalow are the built types and within those types there are different floor areas, wall descriptions and built form. These can be seen from the drop-down menus.

There are 13 energy efficiency measures within the Tool.

The 13 measures are:

Draught Proofing, LED Lighting, loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, TRVs on radiators, cylinder thermostat and insulation, 2 channel programmer on heating, upgraded boiler to A-rated condensing, solar PV, double-glazing and insulated doors, air source heat pump, solid wall insulation, underfloor insulation.

The Tool will adjust the calculation for certain selections, for example, if the archetype selected is solid wall, the Tool will automatically eliminate a cavity wall option.

The Tool includes a ‘Measures by number’ Guide. The 13 measures are grouped across 10 levels so that measures which are most likely to be installed together are grouped into one.

If you require any further assistance please contact us on:

T: 0191 566 1000

E: enquiries@northern-consortium.org.uk

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