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Your Home Retrofit: How to save energy, reduce carbon and create a comfortable home book cover

1st Edition

Your Home Retrofit How to save energy, reduce carbon and create a comfortable home

By Robert Prewett, Harry Paticas Copyright 2026
192 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

Do you want to make your home more energy-efficient, comfortable and affordable to run, but don't know where to start? A first of its kind, this comprehensive, richly-illustrated guide to retrofitting homes in the UK is designed to make the process accessible and approachable for everyone. Written by two specialists, this book demystifies the whole retrofit process, giving homeowners, tenants,... Read more

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About the authors

Introduction: A retrofit journey

Chapter 1 Retrofit Fundamentals

Chapter 2 Why retrofit

Chapter 3 Tuning In & Tuning Up

Chapter 4 Whole House Plan

Chapter 5 Retrofit Measures

Chapter 6 Retrofit stages and delivery,  Hometypes, Toolkit, Index, Acknowledgements

Biography

Harry Paticas is the founder and managing director of RAFT – an architect, passivhaus designer and recognised expert in the field of building retrofit. Harry has lectured widely on the subject of building retrofit and is a technical expert for the AECB, STBA and Passivhaus Trust. His own home is an innovative low carbon retrofit and is the UK’s first step-by-step Passivhaus Enerphit project. Bob Prewett has been working on deep low energy retrofits for over 15 years, with numerous projects being regularly referred to as exemplars. He has lectured and written widely on the subject and coined the term retrofit coordinator which has grown into a level 5 qualification and underpins the PAS 2033 standard.

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