Retrofit for the Future Award given to Deb Cripps

Tue, 10 Dec 2019

From left to right: Winner Deb Cripps, runner up Summer Fearnley, presenting the awards Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture, Geoffrey Boot MHK and runner up Richard Strivens.

The winner of the Department of Environment Food and Agriculture Retrofit for the Future Awards has been granted £5,000 for designing an energy efficient home.

Deb Cripps was presented her prize yesteday by DEFA Minister Geoffrey Boot for her ideas and techniques of increasing the energy efficiency of a 1970s bungalow - a style of residential property which can be found in large numbers across the Island.

Runners up Richard Strivens and Summer Fearnley were both awarded £1,000 for their ideas of energy efficiency upgrades to Victorian style houses and social housing.