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Comprehensive service
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Experts in energy efficiency
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Work with organisations across Scotland
With contracts for the next round of Area Based Schemes being distributed, now is the perfect time to think about how you’re going to ensure quality installations and show the difference your retrofit projects have made to households.
Here at Changeworks, our Quality Assurance team can help you ensure that contracted retrofit works are carried out to the highest quality and in line with relevant industry standards. And our expert Impact Evaluation team are on hand to offer independent and comprehensive assessments of your works.
The importance of quality assurance
To deliver a successful retrofit project – meaning all agreed outcomes have been achieved – the standard of workmanship and installation must be high.
We recognise that Quality Assurance and risk management is vital to ensure compliance with procurement, specification and delivery in all domestic retrofit projects. Quality Assurance is most valuable when it is embedded at every stage of the project.
Our expert team are accredited PAS 20235 Retrofit Assessors. They provide an independent service and ensure work is of the highest quality and in line with relevant industry standards.
“Large retrofit programmes can be all consuming, and using the Changeworks Quality Assurance service helps ensure that our resources are not overstretched and frees up staff time.” Ian Byers, Housing Manager at Glen Housing Association
Cost effective monitoring and evaluation
Our Impact Evaluation team has extensive experience of supporting projects focused on retrofit, sustainable energy, and fuel poverty. This include assessing the impact of recent ABS work with local authorities across Scotland. Advantages of this service include:
- Our mixed-method approach shows the whole impact of energy efficiency and renewable technology measures.
- Our monitoring and evaluation specialists are on hand to translate data into useful learnings for your future projects.
Our recent work on Area Based Schemes projects in Fife, Aberdeen, Moray, Midlothian and the Borders showed that householders experienced lower average household bills, an improvement in EPC scores and warmer, drier homes.
Our recent ABS evaluation work
Tailored approach
We know that one size doesn’t fit all. That’s why our monitoring and evaluation service is made up of work packages that you select to suit the needs of your projects and budget:
- Monitoring equipment rental
- Data analysis and reporting
- Household engagement
- Energy consumption data collection
- Environmental data collection
We can also work with you to design a suitable monitoring and evaluation framework that your team can deliver themselves.
Without impact evaluation, you could hit the target but miss the point
Target setting is a key route to reducing carbon emissions and fighting climate change. However, if we don’t commit to evaluating our actions and learning along the way, we can’t measure the success of our steps towards net zero.
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