Advancing Deep Retrofits in the UAE

The Advancing Deep Retrofit Report by EmiratesGBC was launched on October 26th, 2020 and showcases the results, findings and recommendations following a literature review of the deep retrofit market and the two surveys that were conducted to understand the current UAE retrofit market awareness and capabilities, as well as the challenges and opportunities related to deep building retrofit projects.

The published report aims to support the industry by presenting the potential of deep retrofits through an assessment of the associated market expectations, readiness, challenges, and opportunities. It showcases the viewpoints of the key stakeholders in the UAE retrofit market to support in the development of national and emirate level roadmaps to deep retrofits and decarbonization of the existing building stock.

EmiratesGBC recommends achieving deep retrofits, targeting 50% on-site energy use reduction, by reducing energy demand and implementing energy efficiency measures before addition of on-site renewable energy generation, where cost-effective. It should be noted that the 50% energy savings is a realistic target for poor performing projects.

The Advancing Deep Retrofit report is sponsored by Danfoss, Majid Al Futtaim, and Saint-Gobain.

Click on the images above to download either the English or Arabic versions of the report.

To read the Appendix, please click here.

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