Existing Homes & Buildings
Climate-Smart Retrofits. Lower Energy. Lower Emissions.
Improve the performance of your existing home with a coordinated retrofit strategy designed to reduce energy use, lower greenhouse gas emissions and create a more comfortable, resilient building.
Our Collective Impact
Real Homes. Lasting Impact.
Every day, completed home energy retrofits continue to deliver measurable energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions.
244.00
Tonnes CO₂e Reduced
GROWING EVERY DAY
10,874.0
GJ of Energy Saved
GROWING EVERY DAY
Small changes in individual homes create a lasting collective impact. These ongoing savings represent the positive difference Fluent Energy Consulting’s retrofit clients continue to make.
*Estimated cumulative savings based on a subset of Fluent Energy Consulting home retrofit projects. Calculations use annualized energy savings and emissions reductions and are not live measurements.
What Is a Climate-Smart Retrofit?
Making an existing home perform better.
A climate-smart retrofit looks at your home as a complete system. Rather than replacing one component at a time, the goal is to understand where energy is being lost, which systems are producing emissions and which upgrades will have the greatest impact.
The result is a practical roadmap for improving efficiency, comfort and building performance while reducing the home's greenhouse gas footprint.
GHG Reduction
GHG stands for greenhouse gas. In homes, these emissions are often associated with fossil-fuel heating and hot-water systems.
Reducing GHG emissions can include improving the building envelope, reducing overall energy demand and transitioning heating and hot water to efficient electric systems such as heat pumps.
Why Retrofit?
One retrofit. Multiple benefits.
Energy upgrades aren't only about lowering consumption. A well-planned retrofit can improve how your entire home feels and performs.
Use Less Energy
Reduce heating and cooling demand through better insulation, airtightness and efficient systems.
Reduce Emissions
Move away from higher-emission fossil-fuel systems toward efficient low-carbon alternatives.
Improve Comfort
Reduce drafts, cold surfaces and temperature swings while improving year-round indoor comfort.
Build Resilience
Prepare your home for hotter summers, colder weather and changing energy-performance expectations.
The Retrofit Pathway
Start with the building. Then build the plan.
The right retrofit depends on the home you already have. Fluent helps identify where improvements will make the biggest difference and how they should work together.
Assess
Understand the home's current energy performance, envelope, mechanical systems and opportunities for improvement.
Prioritize
Identify upgrades based on energy savings, emissions reduction, comfort, project goals and available budget.
Retrofit
Coordinate building-envelope and mechanical upgrades so each improvement contributes to the overall performance strategy.
Verify
Evaluate the completed work and confirm improvements in energy performance, airtightness and overall building efficiency.
Retrofit Opportunities
What can be improved?
Every home is different. A retrofit strategy may combine several of these improvements depending on the existing building and project goals.
Insulation
Improve walls, attics, foundations and other assemblies to reduce heat loss and heat gain.
Air Sealing
Reduce uncontrolled air leakage to improve efficiency, comfort and building-envelope performance.
High-Performance Windows
Upgrade glazing and window assemblies to reduce heat loss, drafts and overheating.
Heat Pumps
Efficient electric heating and cooling can replace or reduce reliance on fossil-fuel systems.
Heat-Pump Water Heating
Reduce the energy required for domestic hot water with efficient heat-pump technology.
Ventilation
Balanced ventilation and heat recovery can support indoor air quality in increasingly airtight homes.
Solar PV
On-site renewable generation can further reduce purchased energy and support long-term energy goals.
Energy Monitoring
Understand how the home uses energy and identify opportunities to improve ongoing performance.
Whole-Home Planning
Coordinate upgrades in the right order so today's improvements support tomorrow's goals.
How Fluent Helps
Make informed retrofit decisions.
The biggest question isn't simply what you can upgrade. It's what makes sense for your particular home.
Energy Assessment
Establish a clear understanding of the home's current performance and where energy is being lost.
Retrofit Recommendations
Identify practical improvements and understand how individual upgrades affect whole-building performance.
Energy Modelling
Evaluate potential improvements before construction and compare different retrofit approaches.
Testing & Verification
Use building-performance testing such as blower-door testing to evaluate airtightness and verify results.
Rebate & Program Guidance
Help identify applicable energy-efficiency programs and documentation requirements for eligible projects.
The Goal
A home that performs better today — and is ready for tomorrow.
Climate-smart retrofits can transform an older home into a more efficient, comfortable and resilient building while creating a pathway toward significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Lower energy consumption
Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
Better year-round comfort
Improved building performance
A practical path toward future energy goals
Planning a retrofit?
Start by understanding how your home performs today. Fluent Energy can help you identify opportunities, evaluate upgrades and build a practical pathway toward a more efficient, lower-carbon home.