Home Retrofit Services

Home Energy Plans for Comfortable, Low-Energy Homes

Most homes in the UK were not designed to be energy efficient or to stay cool during increasingly frequent heatwaves. A well-designed home energy plan helps transform your property into a warm, light, and comfortable home all year round — while using as little energy as possible.

Creating a whole-house retrofit plan is both the challenge of energy-efficient renovation. Our home retrofit services guide you through every stage of this process. We develop a bespoke home energy plan, tailored to your property, to help you plan achieving a net zero energy home with minimal running costs.

Home Energy & Efficiency Condition Assessment

Before any retrofit work begins, it’s essential to understand how your home is built and whether there are existing issues that need addressing.

Our home energy and efficiency condition assessment:
Identifies how your house is constructed
Highlights defects or risks that should be resolved before energy efficiency upgrades
Ensures future retrofit work is effective, durable, and cost-efficient

Read More →

Whole House Retrofit Plan

Two options to suit different needs

A whole house retrofit plan sets out the practical steps required to create a more comfortable, energy-efficient, and future-proof home. We offer two tailored options depending on your goals and professional requirements:
Homeowners Retrofit Plan – designed for homeowners planning staged or full retrofit works – Read More

Architects Retrofit Plan – suitable for professionals needing detailed technical guidance – Read More →

Passivhaus Data Modelling (optional service)

For homeowners aiming for the highest levels of energy performance, we offer Passivhaus data modelling as an optional add-on.
 
This service is ideal for deep retrofit projects and uses advanced energy modelling to:
Analyse all sources of energy use in your home
Test design options before work begins
Create an optimised, low-energy retrofit strategy.
The result is a home that delivers exceptional comfort with extremely low energy demand

Read More

Options for creating your home energy plan

Method for deep retrofit plan development in the UK
“Nick provided a detailed assessment of my current house and the many ways that it loses heat and what the benefits of various improvements to the insulation would be. The final document includes a plan for how to make the best of my budget in improving the carbon footprint of my house.”
PSC, Hassocks
About Us


Owens Insight was formed in 2010 by Nick Owens
to provide general business consultancy.

In 2021, with the increasing pace of global warming, the business re-focused on the provision of housing retrofit services. Nick has an MSc in architecture and sustainability, plus additional qualifications and experience in ‘carbon lite’ retrofit from the Association of Environmentally Conscious Building, and a diploma in Housing Retrofit and Risk Management from the Retrofit Academy.

Find Out More

QUESTIONS?

If you’re interested in making your home more energy efficient but don’t know where to start, call us today.

Let’s Talk Now