Futureproof
Full Home Retrofit Survey & Plan

A Futureproof Survey is a detailed whole house survey with a bespoke options appraisal report, which recommends the most cost-effective and impactful energy and carbon reduction measures for your home. It will include:

• Home visit and full survey – Firstly one of our expert retrofit surveyors visits your home to conduct a full measured survey to understand how your house performs.

• Detailed guidance – We’ll consider all the options most relevant to your home, carrying our detailed energy modelling based on your actual energy consumption, and your priorities in terms of cost saving, comfort and carbon.

• Comprehensive report – then we’ll create a detailed, bespoke report (80+ pages), which presents a range of recommended retrofit scenarios for your home. In this report we’ll look at all the measures you could implement, and focus on those that can deliver the biggest impacts for you, based on the objectives that you want to achieve, such as saving carbon, saving money and/or improvements to comfort. With each scenario we’ll show you the likely costs involved, what savings you might expect, how works could be phased over time, and highlight issues you may need to address before or alongside undertaking the work, such as planning requirements.

• Debrief session – after you’ve received your report, there’s an opportunity for a follow up consultation (up to an hour) so that you can ask any questions and explore next steps.

While a detailed Futureproof Survey is a powerful tool to help you understand the options most suitable for your home, it does have limitations:

• It does not cover any separate buildings such as a separate annex building, only the main property.

• It does not recommend specific contractors to carry out retrofit works.

• It does not tell you exactly what action to take – instead, it makes recommendations and presents scenarios that can help you decide your preferred course of action.

• It does not include securing statutory permissions (planning, building control etc).

• It’s not a detailed retrofit works specification, and so doesn’t include bespoke retrofit solutions for specific parts of the house (e.g. construction detail drawings), prescribe which materials or construction methodology should be used, or specify particular systems or products.

• It does not typically involve invasive work during the survey.

If you are unsure whether the detailed retrofit survey and plan is the right service for you, please email us at home.energy@bwce.coop to arrange a suitable time for one of our team to call you.

To allow time for our analysis and review process you’ll receive your report within 20 working days from the date of your survey.

Retrofit West are currently offering discount vouchers (called Home Energy Assessment Vouchers) which provide a 70% reduction on energy assessments for households located in Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire (our Futureproof sruveys are available to all households in B&NES). Every household is eligible for up to 2 vouchers.

We can apply for a voucher on your behalf. All you have to do is tick the box when you book in your survey with us.

It’s possible to swap a voucher from one survey option to another - please let us know if you would like to do that.

Or, you can apply for a Retrofit West discount voucher yourself, by following these steps:

1. Visit www.retrofitwest.co.uk/vouchers/ and scroll down the page until you see a tile called ‘BWCE Futureproof’.

2. Choose ‘BWCE Futureproof’ and click button saying ‘Get Voucher’. Follow instructions and enter your contact details.

3. Against ‘Which type of assessment are you using this voucher for?’ – select the option called ‘Retrofit Plan Plus’.

4. Against ‘Please select your Retrofit Plan Plus service provider’ – select ‘BWCE Futureproof (Bath & North East Somerset)'.

5. Accept the Terms and Conditions (listed at the bottom of the web page, you’ll be directed to), and press ‘Submit’.

Retrofit West will then be in touch by email within a few days confirming your voucher code and that your address is eligible.

Any questions? Please get in touch with us so we can help.

Our Futureproof Surveys are suitable for all homes, including listing buildings.

However, if you live in a listed building, you might want to consider joining our Listed Building Champion Scheme, through which you can receive a discounted Home Energy Efficiency Plan together with additional discounted advice on which energy efficiency measures are most likely to receive Listed Building Consent.

Read about our Listed Building Champion Scheme to find out more.

Futureproof Surveys are available through us for all residents of Bath & North East Somerset, and from our partners the Centre for Sustainable Energy for households elsewhere in the West of England and Wiltshire.

If you live outside of B&NES then you can visit www.futureproof.uk.net to find out availability and pricing in your area.

Let our Retrofit Advisor guide you through the options by getting in touch.