Sustainable housing 

Identify cost effective ways to reduce energy use and carbon emissions in your housing projects. 

Carbon Trust can help with all stages of your low carbon new build or retrofit housing project. We’ll help you create homes which are healthy, comfortable and affordable places to live. 

Why Carbon Trust? 

We are experienced working with both public and private sector clients. We work with local authorities and social landlords to upgrade their housing stock and tackle fuel poverty. We also support property developers, contractors and suppliers in their delivery of resource efficient housing and communities.

How we can help 

Energy audits and surveys 
Establishing baseline energy use is the first step in identifying opportunities for improving energy efficiency. We’ll analyse meter readings, energy bills, building fabric, services and occupancy patterns. We use thermographic surveys to identify heat losses and thermal bridging.  

Feasibility studies 
Our global experts can advise on or carry out feasibility studies and investment grade assessments on all key energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and projects.
 
We can carry out lifecycle costing analysis to back up the purchase of energy efficient equipment and have an impartial view of potential suppliers and sources of finance.

Design advice 
We provide early stage design advice for low carbon housing projects. This covers fabric energy efficiency, thermal bridging, condensation risk, building services and controls, and guidance on renewable energy installations.

Construction stage audits 
We can carry out checks during the construction period to determine whether the ‘as built’ details and quality matches the design specifications.

Post completion review and monitoring 
We are experienced in assessing the energy performance of buildings in use.  We analyse data on energy use, temperature and moisture, and use thermographic photography to identify heat losses and thermal bridging. We can provide advice on energy management for occupants and housing managers. 

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    The service provided by the Carbon Trust was crucial in ensuring robust outcomes to the district heat studies. Ultimately the Carbon Trust’s services are contributing to making the realisation of operational district energy networks in the Leeds City Region more likely.

    Noel Collings
    Policy Officer, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
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    We needed an objective and independent assessment of our organisational climate change strategy, plus key recommendations to make improvements – this is exactly what we achieved with the project.

    Louise Needham
    Sustainability Manager, Quorn Foods
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    The Carbon Trust’s expertise and collaborative approach enabled us to cut through the complexities of science-based targets and develop reduction targets tailored to our operations. This analysis will form an essential part of Landsec’s sustainability strategy going forward.

    Caroline Hill
    Head of Sustainability, Landsec
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    We have worked closely with the Carbon Trust over a number of years and we are pleased to see our collective efforts come to fruition. Our broader sustainability agenda has developed from energy efficiency in our operations, to carbon, renewable energy, water and waste reduction, through to our supply chain goals.

    David Featherston
    Director, Environmental Engineering, GlaxoSmithKline
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    By working with the Carbon Trust to better understand the lifecycle impacts of our biopolyethylene bags we can be confident that they are in fact carbon neutral, which helps us to provide our clients with a more sustainable product.

    James Woollard
    Managing Director, Polythene UK