Parliamentary Roundtable Whitepaper
There are a lot of myths bandied about when it comes to Net Zero. To decarbonise our everyday lives and get to Net Zero by 2050, we know that behaviour change is imperative - but too often, the pros and cons of Net Zero transition become embedded as fact and get in the way of progress. As set out in the Net Zero All Party Parliamentary Group 'Road to Net Zero Report and 10 Point Action Plan', behaviour change needs to accelerate and not be slowed.
Pippa Palmer, Retrofit researcher and Reseach Strategist at The Net Zero Building Centre was invited to contribute Myth No 9: When it comes to social housing, simply making something ‘free’ is not enough to drive desire for retrofit. As extensive retrofit research at NZBC shows, social housing has a critical role in achieving the retrofit challenge, and achieving scale is going to be a relational as well as a technical challenge. Acceptance is not implicit. It is important to effectively engage communities, design projects and align KPI's around residents rather than contractors needs, as well as communicate the financial and sustainability benefits in language that connects to the residents' lived experience.
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