The mass implementation of panelized Deep Energy Retrofits (DERs) represents a necessary step in the fight to combat climate change. Still, Quebec and most other jurisdictions do not currently have the requisite infrastructure in place to ensure that DER roll out can be carried out in a way that is streamlined, affordable and scalable. Accordingly, this poster investigates what the industrialized DER process entails by parsing the actors and infrastructure involved in building scanning and panel designing, manufacturing, transportation and installation.

It proposes that the contractors responsible for these tasks collectively form a Retrofit Solution Provider Network (RSP) which would be coordinated most effectively by a dedicated Retrofit Agency. This Agency would identify key pilot projects within its jurisdiction that have the potential to catalyze DER implementation across a broader portfolio of similar buildings. It would then form wholistic value propositions to encourage building owners to undertake these crucial retrofits while serving as the building owner’s single point of contact throughout the retrofit process. It would coordinate an integrated project delivery process and upon project delivery would continually update and strengthen its strategy according to information gleaned through post-retrofit building monitoring and assessments.