Retrofit for Purpose

chapter 3

RICHARD FRANCIS

Spend to Make

Financing Commercial Retrofits

Introduction

Both the how and the why of financing energy retrofits are under review. Traditional barriers to inaction, mainly financial and attitudinal, are eroding as the value (not cost) of making properties energy efficient becomes paramount. There will be continuing resistance to financing retrofits until it is clearly demonstrated that they not only reduce energy but, in doing so, increase asset worth. But the new threat of obsolescence caused by poor energy performance is already allaying long-held suspicions and loosening purse-strings.

Introduction

It is widely ...