During the Wanstead Fringe (September 24), WCA organised an event called ‘Power-full: How to future proof your home (and your life)’ about all things Retrofit. Two speakers from the Home Energy Action Lab did a Q&A. Also Dan Edelstyn from the Power Station group came to update us on his (successful) campaign to get solar panels installed along his street in Walthamstow through crowdfunding and sleeping on his roof in the middle of winter!
You can join Dan’s Power Station membership group here https://membership.power.film/join-free
and Ben on instagram as he retrofits his own home here https://www.instagram.com/retrofitofno28/
The next stage of our warm homes campaign is taking shape. Fancy knitting part of a giant scarf to wrap around parliament? Or helping to lobby our MP about the need for a street by street nationwide insulation program? Contact button link to WCA email
TERMINOLOGICALLY CONFUSED?
What is the difference between renovation and retrofitting?
Renovating is returning your home to a good state of repair by replacing old systems: rewiring, new plumbing, redecorating and or modifying an existing home by adding extensions or loft rooms
Retrofitting is working your way through the house, putting in the new systems that were not in place when the house was built in order to make it more efficient: solar panels, insulation, new heating systems …
Wanstead Climate Action 