{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Zero Ambitions Podcast","title":"Fabric fifth: rethinking the hierarchy of retrofit, with Nigel Banks (Octopus Energy)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4220,"description":"This week we're joined by Nigel Banks, Technical Director - Zero Bills & Low Carbon Homes at Octopus Energy.\nNigel joined us to discuss his recent article: Fabric Fifth, a slightly polemical riposte to fabric-first dogma, and an interesting philosophy for retrofit. As it turned out, it’s an apposite follow-up to last week's episode with Fionn Stevenson.\nFabric Fifth - Nigel Banks\nASHPs ASAP\nGet Smart\nMeasure & get comfy\nSolar & Storage\nFabric Fifth\n\nWe also touch on Octopus's zero-bills proposition, but we'll do a full episode about that soon.\nNotes from the show\nNigel on LinkedIn\nThe Fabric Fifth article itself\nAn article about Chris Warboys' SAP conversion tool\nThe academic paper Jeff mentions: UK Passivhaus and the energy performance gap\nNigel in the pages of Passive House Plus\n\n\n**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**\nWe don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.\nFollow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page\nJeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience\nSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)\nCheck Lloyd's Substack: Carbon Upfront\nJoin ACAN\nJoin the AECB \nJoin the IGBC\nCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women (but not in a patronizing way)\n\n**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/imp-PGTK0p-Yir06lCKyRzcHa9UWxL7NtYiXEdkSiXw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2NDY5LzE2OTYy/ODc4ODAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}