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A Pilot Study Report
Read time: 45 mins Added: 15/10/25
Streamlining how we tackle the retrofit challenge, together
Overcoming persistent barriers such as improving energy efficiency and enhancing customer wellbeing in the real estate industry is one of the biggest challenges facing the UK’s transition to net zero. This pilot explores how embracing intelligent real-time performance data has the potential to unlock smarter retrofit strategies with real impact for people, homes, and communities as well as the bottom line.
So, can property technology (proptech) enable more effective retrofit choices?
To explore this hypothesis, we sponsored a pilot using actual performance data to drive intelligent retrofit decisions in partnership with The Good Economy, drawing on real-time data from start-up Senze’s sensors in Bromford Flagship’s social homes.
The study provides insight into the benefits of using actual, rather than design-modelled, data to create a retrofit programme and explores the financial implications of this approach, as well as the competing priorities of environmental objectives and wider societal outcomes.
Birmingham City University have verified the methodology and data outcomes of the report.
Data-driven insights
The above interactive report is designed to provide insight for you and your colleagues to explore how data-driven insights could unlock better decision-making and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.
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Explore the science behind the insights
Curious about the data driving the interactive report? This supporting document explains the research approach and methodology behind the findings.
Contributors
Chinyelu Oranefo
Managing Director, Sustainability Advisory, Real Estate & Housing, Lloyds Corporate & Institutional
Tom Fenton
CEO, Senze
Mike Craggs
Development & Asset Management Innovation Lead, Bromford Flagship Housing Association
Ben Rosoman
Consultant, The Good Economy
Dr Monica Mateo-Garcia (MArch MPhil PhD PGCert FHEA)
Associate Professor in Sustainable Built Environment, Birmingham City University
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