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Archetype #6 3 or 4 storey flats built 1960s - 1980s

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Archetype 6 Energiesprong UK hackathon information pack

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Technical and performance specifications

What definition of net zero carbon are we working to and what building performance criteria should we be targeting? On the ‘Performance standard and useful resources’ slide in your information packs, you’ll find links to the Energiesprong performance specification as well as the LETI climate emergency retrofit guide and resources from PassiveHaus Trust.

We’d like you to design to the Energiesprong specification but please do draw the other resources too as they are all closely aligned. For example, similar to Passivhaus, Energiesprong doesn't stipulate specific U-values. However, the LETI Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide sets out useful guide U-values that align with the general level of U-value you might expect to need to meet the Energiesprong spec.

Should we be aligning proposals to the current Part L regs or those due to be published in June?

We suggest teams consider the practicalities of meeting all parts of the UK Building regulations relevant to retrofit in their proposals, including Part L (either current or upcoming). As you should be targeting the Energiesprong performance specification, you will likely find that that you’ll be exceeding the minimum requirements of Part L in a range of areas. Part B (fire safety) is another key part of the regulations to consider at an early stage.

Is there a standard approach to energy modelling for this hackathon that we should use? We are not prescribing an approach to energy modelling. However, we suggest you use a robust and widely-used software such as PHPP and use the archetype data where possible. We will also have coaches with experience in energy modelling who can support you.

Costings

How much detail and/or accuracy is expected for cost analysis? When considering the second ‘prompt’ we have outlined on slide 5 of your information packs (Optimising solutions for archetypes), we suggest that this requires fairly accurate costing.

We understand that other prompts ie inter industry innovation may be trickier to cost at the moment and therefore indicative costing is fine. We have a coach who can help with/sense check costs on day 2 of the hackathon.

What area of the UK should the costs be based on? This is up to you – you may have better cost information/rates for a particular area and we invite you to use these and detail which area you have chosen. If you’re not sure where to pick, use Nottingham as there are existing Energiesprong projects there for benchmarking.

Digital innovations

Can we propose a digital technology concept even if we as a team are unable to implement it? Absolutely, as long as it has a convincing route to market and is clearly drawing on technology and innovations that already exist.

Due to limited time are partially functional digital demos acceptable for proof of concepts? Definitely!

Must all digital demos developed, and their corresponding project files be submitted? (as opposed to solely being for demonstration purposes) We are encouraging teams to take an open-source approach to the hackathon outputs and encourage you to submit working project files as well as finished/compiled demos. Anything you want reviewed by the judges for the hackathon judging session you should include in your final presentation.

But we encourage you to consider it a live, ongoing project and welcome you to develop and add to your ideas after the hackathon (especially if you’ve been invited to present at Futurebuild and want to add to your ideas).

Process, presentations and post-hackathon

Will we have the chance to see other teams’ work during the hackathon? Yes! We want the hackathon to be collaborative – we firmly believe that shared learning is key to scaling up retrofit. During the check in sessions we will be inviting all teams to share ideas and insights, challenges and questions on this shared Miro board.

You are all working on different archetypes with different challenges, but there are common problems to solve too.  If useful during the event, we can help connect teams who want to share specific solutions or ask questions of another team.

How long will we have for presentations? Each team will have approx. 10 – 12 mins for their presentations.

Will teams have a chance to carry on working on ideas post hackathon (before Futurebuild 2022)? The judging and prizes will be awarded at the end of the hackathon on Tuesday 22 Feb. However, all teams are welcome to carry on working on their ideas post-hackathon.

If you are invited to speak at Futurebuild, you will need some availability to prepare for this as well as need to be available for the session itself on 1 March (13:15 – 14:00). We will be inviting winning teams to propose specific individuals for the Futurebuild session as we won’t have time for everyone to speak.

What is the commitment post-hackathon for winners? Other than the Futurebuild session, this is mostly up to teams and their availability. The idea is that the designs will be open source to get them out there and help scale up net zero retrofit. We want more people in the sector to help innovate so if you have the time and resource to take your ideas forward, we strongly encourage this!

If there is a particular idea that is promising and requires incubator support or further funding, we are happy to explore how we could support this. Our judges will also be invited to share their advice with you about progressing any of the solutions.

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Open source licensing

For reference: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Archetype 5:  'Non-traditional' Cross wall 2-storey walk-up flats 1970s

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Archetype 5:  'Non-traditional' Cross wall 2-storey walk-up flats 1970s

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Archetype 5 Energiesprong UK hackathon information pack

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Archetype 4: Cavity wall houses cross tenure, 1950s - 1980s cavity houses. (mid-terrace)

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Archetype 4: Cavity wall houses cross tenure, 1950s - 1980s cavity houses. (mid-terrace)

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Archetype 4 Energiesprong UK hackathon information pack

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Archetype 3: 4 storey 1960s poured concrete walk up

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Archetype 3 Energiesprong UK hackathon information pack _ updated

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Archetype 2: Wimpey No-Fines (1940s - 1950s post-war) (semi / end of short terrace)

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Archetype 2: Wimpey No-Fines (1940s - 1950s post-war) (semi / end of short terrace)

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Archetype 2 Energiesprong UK hackathon information pack

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Archetype 1: Solid brick council houses (1920s - 1945) (semi / end of short terrace)

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The influence of gaming on the digitisation of the built environment

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The influence of gaming on the digitisation of the built environment

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News & opinion

Welcome to the Tech Partner Programme blog

We have already started working with our first Tech Partners to develop content and join them in industry discussion. here are the first outputs from our work together.

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News & opinion We have already started working with our first Tech Partners to develop content and join them in industry discussion. here are the first outputs from our work together.

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How do you plan successful whole house retrofit schemes

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How do you plan successful whole house retrofit schemes?

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From selecting homes to choosing the right team, there’s a lot to think about when planning a successful whole house retrofit. Emily…

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Copy of Energiesprong UK whole house retrofit hackathon Feb 2022 (900 x 900 px)

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“Hacking is creative problem solving” says Joshua Tauberer. A hackathon is a time-bound event, where people come together to tackle a problem or set of problems – creating a dynamic, “pressure cooker” environment.

Energiesprong UK's two-day deep retrofit hackathon aims to catalyse an open-source repository of net-zero concepts for UK housing archetypes - using digital media to showcase them in innovative, engaging ways.

We are looking for students and professionals with multi-disciplinary experience who can help:

Develop net-zero design concepts for different UK housing archetypes

Propose innovative formats using gaming and digital media to showcase these designs to stakeholders - from housing providers to residents

Provide insight into effective communication and engagement techniques that will change the conversation about retrofit - helping to inform and inspire residents and showcasing whole house refurbishment as desirable.

Why take part?

Brilliant for your CV: Be part of the ‘retrofit revolution’ and show your interest in tackling the climate crisis.

Make new connections: meet people across sectors and disciplines - from students to professionals.

Demonstrate your employability: Potential opportunities to develop these ideas further with participating organisations

Professional development: Scope for using developed methodologies for your own business opportunities, and for securing further funding to develop these

A prize pot of £2,500! This will be split between the best ideas.

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The basics

When? 21 & 22 February 2022

Where? Zoom

Who? We are looking for students and professionals in architecture, building design, engineering, housing, manufacturing and product design, gaming and digital media and social sciences. You can apply as an individual or as a team (please note we may add people to your team to get a good spread of expertise).

How? You'll be given all the relevant information ahead of the hackathon and we've gathered a team of expert coaches who can support and advise throughout the process.

During the hackathon

The hackathon will be launched with a welcome session and then you'll split into your teams to work on your concept designs and presentations. These ideas will be  based on your own knowledge and ideas, as well as information provided by Energiesprong UK and industry experts.

Coaches will have expertise in construction, design, costing, project delivery, retrofit data planning, consumer engagement, manufacturing and energy modelling. There will be plenty of occasions for the attendees to ask questions of the coaches during the hackathon.

The hackathon will be run over 48 hours. The core hours on both days will be 10am - 5pm but you are welcomed and encouraged to consult with your teams outside of this.

It will take place virtually, with a central space on Zoom for the main sessions. There will always be someone on hand to answer questions during the core hours.

The two days will culminate in your final presentations which will be judged by our team of expert judges.

The intention is that great ideas come from working in a pressure cooker environment for a short time!

After the hackathon

Present your ideas at Futurebuild 2022: we'll be hosting a session where we'll be sharing the three best ideas.

See your ideas developed: The best ideas will be shared with Housing Providers and Solution Providers to potentially be further developed and tested through the Innovation Partnership.

Support to find incubators: We will provide support to find incubators for good ideas as well as guidance on creating open-source documents.

Be a part of engaging policymakers: We will use the ideas developed to help us engage government to illustrate the importance of unlocking net-zero retrofit at scale.

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This is the initial overview brief to give a sense of the outcomes we are looking for. We will provide a more comprehensive outline of objectives and guidance documents closer to the hackathon.

We are looking for whole house net zero concepts to be designed and presented by teams in a way which:

gives organisations working in this field inspiration about the retrofit approaches they can take

provides great content for engaging occupiers and property owners.

Net zero concepts should be innovative and exciting, but should be realistically deliverable in the next 12 months.  It is fine for teams to come up with new products, materials or approaches as long as they can explain how these could really work.

Costs should be as accurate as possible and teams should explain where there are unknowns and risks around costs.

Teams should consider what the needs of residents will be in future, and incorporate these into their concepts.  Include fabric retrofit, energy systems, controls, and anything else which is required for a home which works for the occupiers in 2050.

Energy modelling should be carried out based on a performance outcome specification to be provided.  Variations are accepted but the value of varying from the targets should be clearly explained along with the way this segment would ultimately achieve net zero without additional measures.

Designs and proposed user interfaces should be based on gaming and digital technologies that will make them open-source, accessible and engaging for all stakeholders.

Along with presenting their final solutions, teams should explain why they picked this concept.

Solutions and presentation materials should appeal to consumers such that we start to shift to a demand driven sector for retrofit.

While the end results are intended to be open source, the methodology developed through the hackathon is welcomed to be retained as IP and commercialised by teams.

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Email communications@energiesprong.uk with any questions.

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Energiesprong is a whole house refurbishment and new build standard and funding approach for achieving net-zero homes.

Homes are fully insulated using offsite manufactured wall and roof panels in conjunction with pre-assembled ‘energy pods’ - creating warmer, more desirable places to live that are financed by energy and maintenance savings.

It was developed in the Netherlands where 5000 homes have already been retrofitted to net-zero energy with 20,000 homes in the pipeline. Energiesprong UK is working to make this a reality in the UK too, with an initial focus on whole house retrofit in social housing.

Watch our video explainer.

Find out more about the Energiesprong approach and how it works.

Read the Green Alliance report about the Energiesprong approach in the UK.