Make your home more energy-efficient & reduce your energy bills
An introduction to Retrofitting
Retrofitting is the process of making improvements to your home so it becomes more energy efficient with lower emissions.
Retrofit Guide
Our detailed guide clearly describes:
Download our guide and discover the benefits of Retrofit for businesses, homes and our environment
Why Retrofit?
Our homes use 35% of the UK’s energy and emit 20% of our carbon dioxide emissions
Improving their energy efficiency not only makes things better for our environment, it makes your home more comfortable to live in and more cost effective to run.
How does Retrofit work?
Assess your home
A qualified retrofit professional will assess your home
A bespoke plan is produced
It can be carried out in stages to suit your budget, lifestyle or needs
Quotes are obtained
from approved retrofit contractors
Work begins
A preferred contractor is chosen, contracts are signed and work begins
Work is completed
On completion, the work is checked to ensure it’s delivered to all required quality standards
Find a Retrofit Professional
You can find reliable retrofit professionals by using TrustMark’s ‘Find a Business’
TrustMark is the only Government Endorsed Quality Scheme giving you access to vetted professionals with the peace of mind that all registered businesses are required to offer a minimum 2-year guarantee on any works carried out (subject to terms and conditions).
Commitments to climate change targets
Under the Climate Change Act 2008 the UK needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050.
To meet the UK's government climate change targets, we must retrofit all homes to an EPC band C standard by 2035. Therefore, one of the key considerations for any homeowner is; How energy efficient is my home?” Housing efficiency is one of the major ways to reduce carbon and give us the best possible chance of meeting targets to help us reduce fuel poverty and make healthier homes.
We are working with the government and industry through new legislation and standards in order that quality improvements are made to UK housing stock. Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) is the government’s programme to make UK homes more energy-efficient and is focused exclusively on households with low incomes or living in fuel poverty.
TrustMark is the Government Endorsed Quality Scheme that covers work a consumer chooses to have carried out in or around their home.
When a consumer chooses a TrustMark Registered Business, they are engaging with an organisation that has been thoroughly vetted to meet required standards and has made a commitment to good customer service.
