Wandering along Nelson Street in Oxford’s Jericho area, the solar panels on the roof of one pretty brick terraced house may catch your eye glinting in the sun.
Of course, solar panels like these are nothing new and can be seen on homes up and down the UK. What you can’t see, though, are the hidden improvements to the fabric of the whole house to create the most energy efficient and low carbon retrofit in Oxfordshire.
Professor of Sustainable Architecture and Climate Change, Director of OISD and LCB Group
Understanding occupants: feedback techniques for large-scale low-carbon domestic refurbishments - Abstract and a link to the full published article (Chandiwala, S and Gupta, R (2010) Understanding occupants: feedback techniques for large-scale low-carbon domestic refurbishments. Building research & information, 38 (5). pp. 530-548).