Tailored Guide to Insulate Victorian Homes
Our Insulation Guide is designed to help you understand how to insulate your home in the right way, with guidance based on your house type and its key features.
Create your custom insulation guide specific to your property.
What is the Insulation Guide?
A free tool that helps you understand how insulation could make your home warmer, more comfortable and cheaper to heat.
The Insulation Guide is a lasting legacy of the Green Meadows Project, which carried out in-depth energy surveys across a range of Meadows house archetypes. The project brought these insights together to create a practical guide to retrofitting Victorian homes.
How to build your guide
1
Choose your house type
Select the illustration on our website that most closely resembles your home.
2
Select your key features
Add details such as walls, windows, roofs and extensions.
3
Build your guide
Generate a report based on the information you provide.
4
Plan next steps with confidence
Use your tailored guide to plan your work, speak to contractors or understand your next steps.
Why insulation matters
Insulation is part of a fabric-first approach, which means reducing heat loss from the building before looking at other technologies to make your home more energy-efficient and more comfortable to live in.
We understand that when carrying out a home retrofit, the hardest part is knowing where to start. The Insulation Guide helps you take that first step by giving clear, simple information based on your home.
Need extra help?
For more support, visit NEP’s Advice & Tools section to find more information on different types of insulation, including:
Solid wall insulation
Cavity wall insulation
Loft insulation
Room in roof insulation
Underfloor insulation
You can also explore wider home energy advice, from heating and energy-saving tips to solar panels, heat pumps and low-energy lighting.