What does Harmonise, Digitise, Rationalise (HDR) mean for the retrofit market?
The core aim of HDR within the Construction Innovation Hub was to enable standardised offsite solutions, based on standardised government client requirements. Harmonising requirements ensures industry has consistent, common information.
Digitising enables data to be used effectively, and a digital thread of information to flow from requirements into construction of the built asset.
Rationalising requirements removes wasted time and effort, through providing commonality of information of the pipeline demand. Simplifying the pipeline of demand for retrofit means finding commonality of requirements and standards across the range of archetypes in the UK, as opposed to new build hospitals, schools and other government buildings.
One example of a national effort to research HDR for retrofit, includes the pilot version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.
Below, we have provided a first pass for Transform-ER technical requirements. Please see the Transform-ER Define the Need report for more information on HDR for retrofit.