Social Housing

Delivering PAS 2030/2035 compliant retrofit for government grant-funded programmes.

SY Ecofit is a Community Interest Company established in 2023 to deliver retrofit at scale and enable community wealth building. We are committed to accelerating South Yorkshire’s journey to net zero while ensuring the benefits stay local.

Over the last two years, we have expanded and upskilled our team to meet the region’s decarbonisation needs, delivering high-quality retrofit projects for social housing, private homes, and community buildings.

SY Ecofit’s qualified team of assessors, coordinators, designers, architects, project managers, and installers, can manage your retrofit project from start to finish.

We work with housing associations, local authorities, and charities to deliver high-quality, whole-house retrofits that meet funding requirements such as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) and the new Warm Homes SHDF.

Our capability

  • Community-centred delivery: building local supply chains and reinvesting profits back into South Yorkshire

  • End-to-end service: from PAS 2035 initial assessments through to design and PAS 2030 installation and review

  • Collaboration: forming strong partnerships with social housing providers and local authorities to meet project needs

  • Quality and compliance: delivering to PAS 2030/2035 standards, ensuring projects are eligible for major funding programmes

Our commitment to you

  • Delivery of assessments, reports, and full retrofits for your portfolio

  • Recruitment and training of installation teams from South Yorkshire, increasing the capacity of the regional retrofit workforce

  • Bringing local suppliers under our PAS 2030 accreditation to deliver at scale and stimulate local economic activity

  • Prioritising the use of locally sourced, sustainable materials

  • Support you in meeting social value commitments alongside decarbonisation goals

Work with us

Whether you’re seeking Warm Homes SHDF delivery partners, PAS 2035-compliant assessments, or full design-and-build capability, SY Ecofit can deliver projects at scale while keeping community benefit at the core.

Contact us to discuss how we can support you to retrofit your housing stock

Case Study

Award-winning collaboration with ASSIST Sheffield

South Yorkshire charity ASSIST Sheffield works with refugees and those seeking sanctuary. At the end of 2023 they received funding from the government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund for the potential retrofitting of five houses which meant they were eligible to commission works from a PAS35-accredited contractor. After our cost-benefit analysis we proceeded with four properties.

ASSIST commissioned SY Ecofit as its delivery partner, they wanted to collaborate with a skilled provider who could provide a local pipeline. They gave us a budget and the brief to elevate the properties to EPC C level standards. 

Their varying states of disrepair posed tricky: the properties needed different improvements - some requiring extensive renovations as well as retrofitting. This meant that the works could not be completed via a one-size fits-all approach often favoured in large-scale projects by larger contractors. 

One of the benefits of the SHDF-enabled consortium is that it reduces the administrative burden on housing organisations in commissioning contractors. ASSIST were pleased to find that commissioning us wasn’t onerous. They coordinated the funders whilst we coordinated the teams of mostly-local contractors to work across the portfolio of buildings for 12 months. 

Our timeline of works was impressive – properties were completed a year after the first conversation started. This was due to impressive teamworking, use of local contractors and flexibility from our teams. Retrofitting multiple properties meant that we could offer local contractors sustained work and that they were on-hand to support the different projects. 

Due to our efforts as a local organisation collaboration, we were awarded Collaboration of the Year for Retrofit Projects at the National Unlock Net Zero Awards.

“Ecofit provided an extremely flexible, responsive, and collaborative service. Problems and changes to costs and timescales were brought to our attention swiftly, and the team were always available to discuss solutions. We would highly recommend Ecofit to any organisation looking to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings.” – ASSIST Sheffield

Supporting Tangram Housing Co-op in their retrofit journey

We produced PAS 2035 Whole House Plans for Tangram Housing Cooperative, including:

  • Full assessments and data modelling

  • Bespoke retrofit roadmaps for each property

  • Recommendations prioritised for comfort, carbon reduction, and cost-effectiveness

Our work provided Tangram with the information they needed to plan phased improvements that align with funding opportunities and long-term asset management goals.