What Rising Energy Bills Mean for the Business Case for Fabric-First Design

When a building needs less energy in the first place, the price of each unit matters less.

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A well-insulated modern home retaining warmth on a cold winter evening, with an air-source heat pump outside
Fabric-first design reduces the amount of energy a home needs before its heating system has to do the work.

Heat pumps run on electricity, and electricity costs more per unit than gas. Heat pumps are typically three to four times more efficient than gas boilers, but electricity can cost three to four times more than gas. That single fact has been used as an argument against low-carbon heating more than once. It misses the point of what fabric-first design is actually for.

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