Home Retrofit Planner
A structured retrofit assessment tool - shaped by hundreds of real projects and continuously improved through a community of practice.
Key Features
The challenge HRP solves
Retrofit decisions are rarely straightforward. Each project involves tradeoffs between cost, performance, sequencing and what the client actually wants to prioritise. These decisions are often made across teams and over months - which means reasoning can easily become fragmented, inconsistent or impossible to revisit later.
Without a structured approach, it becomes harder to explain your recommendations to clients, harder to compare different pathways and to ensure the right decisions are being made consistently across your organisation.
Home Retrofit Planner (HRP) gives your team the structure to hold that complexity together.
What HRP allows your team to do
More than 650 whole-house retrofit assessments have been delivered using HRP, across projects ranging from small DIY improvements to large-scale works exceeding £200,000. The tool reflects the realities of delivery - not just theoretical modelling.
Assessments
Carry out detailed, whole-house retrofit assessments - modelling buildings down to individual elements like walls, windows and services.
Modelling
Develop accurate baseline models of a property's current performance.
Testing
Test and compare multiple retrofit scenarios using cost and performance metrics.
Data integration
Integrate contextual data - including planning constraints, flood risk and radon levels.
Adhere to compliance
Work fully aligned with PAS 2035.
Audit recommendations
Capture the reasoning behind recommendations, so decisions are traceable and reviewable.
Sample report
Download a sample report showcasing the software's ability to summarise improvement scenarios, make retrofit suggestions, add contextual data and provide a next step guide.
Helping your clients make better decisions
A key part of HRP is how it supports the conversation with householders. The tool allows you to clearly present the implications of different retrofit pathways - so clients can understand the trade-offs and make genuinely informed choices.
This transparency builds trust. It means your recommendations are backed by evidence and clients can see exactly why one approach makes more sense for their home than another. HRP also helps clients think long term - understanding not just what to do now, but how decisions today create the conditions for future improvements.
A tool that gets better through use
What makes HRP distinct is how it sits within the wider community of practice.
Organisations using the tool are connected to others working through the same challenges. Through regular exchanges, they compare how scenarios are built, how unusual cases are handled and how advice is communicated to clients. This shared experience feeds directly back into the tool - improving the database of building elements and refining how outputs are generated.
HRP is not a static product because it improves continuously through the lived experience of surveyors and retrofit practitioners contributing to its development.
"On the occasions when something isn't covered, People Powered Retrofit is happy to suggest an alternative or add it to the database... This approach simplifies the process and saves time in building an accurate picture."
Amy Hield, Futureproof Cumbria
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If you’re looking for a more holistic approach to assessing homes and supporting retrofit decisions in your clients, get in touch.