Retrofit designer
A retrofit designer is described by RICS in their ' 'Residential retrofit standard: RICS Professional Standard UK', published in March 2024 as 'The appropriately qualified and competent professional with responsibility for design and specification of a retrofit project, e.g. an architect, chartered building surveyor or similar.'
Retrofit design in PAS 2035:2023 'Retrofitting dwellings for improved energy efficiency – Specification and guidance' is described as a 'package of information prepared by a Retrofit Designer that determines the unique combination of EEM systems, products, and materials to be installed in a building, as well as their interrelationships, in order to achieve specified energy efficiency and other outcomes for that building'
Retrofit designers are most likely to; lead a design, co-ordinate information from various packages and ensure theses are well integrated and assume responsibility for the overall design, and in particular any measures that are not covered by specialist design packages.
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