The development of an optimal renovation strategy is as important as technical issues. For this purpose, the electronic „Retrofit Advisor“ was developed. It allows the evaluation and comparison of the economic, environmental and social impact of the existing situation, along with different renovation strategies. Besides a number of renovation strategies, it also allows the user to consider repair work only as a minimum solution and the demolition and reconstruction of the building as a maximum solution. The tool has a user interface allowing non-professional users to use it.

The „Retrofit Advisor“ is an early design stage advisory tool, not a planning tool for the final renovation design. It was developed in Switzerland and has therefore its focus on Swiss building types. The Beta-Version available is a provisional test-version. It will be further developed to a „European Retrofit Advisor“ within the „E2ReBuild“  project of the EU 7th Framework programme.
 

 

The „Retrofit Advisor“ works with predefined building types and renovation scenarios that may be adjusted to the real situation.

Program download soon available (Excel, Windows only, German, English, French, 40 MB)

Reference Guide download soon available (approx. 40 pages, English, PDF 1 MB)