Retrofitting: why carbon-reducing renovations are going to be big business

Draughty homes contribute to 14% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, but a wave of eco-refurbs is changing thatUK government 'failing to help local leaders achieve net zero'When Boris Afinogenov moved to Liverpool from Lithuania in 2011, he knew that most Britons preferred to live in houses rather than the Soviet-era tower block he had left behind. But in a rambling Georgian property, he quickly found himself missing his cosy old flat.The idea of every home having its own boiler was also alien to him: in his town there were two municipal boilers for the entire population. Continue reading...