Fabric fifth: rethinking the hierarchy of retrofit, with Nigel Banks (Octopus Energy)
This week we're joined by Nigel Banks, Technical Director - Zero Bills & Low Carbon Homes at Octopus Energy.
Nigel joined us to discuss his recent article: Fabric Fifth, a slightly polemical riposte to fabric-first dogma, and an interesting philosophy for retrofit. As it turned out, it’s an apposite follow-up to last week's episode with Fionn Stevenson.
Fabric Fifth - Nigel Banks
Nigel joined us to discuss his recent article: Fabric Fifth, a slightly polemical riposte to fabric-first dogma, and an interesting philosophy for retrofit. As it turned out, it’s an apposite follow-up to last week's episode with Fionn Stevenson.
Fabric Fifth - Nigel Banks
- ASHPs ASAP
- Get Smart
- Measure & get comfy
- Solar & Storage
- Fabric Fifth
We also touch on Octopus's zero-bills proposition, but we'll do a full episode about that soon.
Notes from the show
- Nigel on LinkedIn
- The Fabric Fifth article itself
- An article about Chris Warboys' SAP conversion tool
- The academic paper Jeff mentions: UK Passivhaus and the energy performance gap
- Nigel in the pages of Passive House Plus
**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**
We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.
- Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page
- Jeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience
- Subscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)
- Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon Upfront
- Join ACAN
- Join the AECB
- Join the IGBC
- Check out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women (but not in a patronizing way)
**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**