Facilitating the Adoption of Domestic Retrofitting in Canterbury and East Kent

Sam McElhinney, University for the Creative Arts

This project connects Canterbury home owners with architects, retrofitting and construction professionals to encourage implementing energy efficiency and carbon reduction solutions in existing housing.

Through workshops and resulting design guides, home owners will be able to better navigate the often complex range of retrofitting options, and help achieve local carbon neutral targets.

Sam McElhinney

Sam McElhinney is Programme Director of Architecture and Associate Professor at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Sam’s ongoing research is focused on developing real-time and motive spatial
 

Heba Sarhan

Dr Heba Sarhan is a Research Coordinator at the School of Architecture and Design, University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Heba’s architectural practice, teaching and research have shaped an approach