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File 10: Renovation passports

A staged roadmap for a building: what a passport records, how stages link, and what it cannot promise.

The file guide

File guide Renovation Passports, Explained A starting map for renovation passports: a staged roadmap for one building, how it differs from a one-off certificate, and what it can and cannot promise. Educational only, not advice for a particular home.

Working guides on this file

Renovation passports A Passport After Each Stage What happens to a passport after a stage is finished: recording, reassessment, revising later stages and learning from measured results. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports A Passport for a Single Home What a passport looks like for one house: survey, household pattern, stage order and updates that fit a single owner journey. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports A Passport vs an EPC How a renovation passport differs from an EPC: snapshot versus roadmap, rating versus stages, and when each document is the right tool. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passport Data and Updates What data a passport holds, who can update it, how updates are verified, and why data quality decides whether a passport stays useful. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passport Evidence and Documents The evidence pack behind a passport: surveys, photographs, certificates, commissioning records and how to keep them auditable. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passport Limitations What a renovation passport cannot do: limits on guarantees, costing, design, compliance and data, stated plainly. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passport Stages and Roadmap How passport stages are built: a logical sequence, stage contents, dependencies and the review points between stages. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passports and Building Logbooks How a renovation passport relates to a building logbook: roadmap versus record, what each holds, and how they should link without duplicating. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passports and Finance Planning How a passport helps finance planning: staged costs, funding windows, illustrative ranges and why a passport is not a funding guarantee. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passports and Minimum Standards How passports relate to minimum energy performance standards: staged compliance, worst-first logic and why a roadmap helps meet a future standard. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passports and the EPBD Recast What the EPBD recast says about renovation passports in general terms, and why national implementation decides what a passport looks like in practice. Educational only, not advice for a particular home. Renovation passports Passports for Multi-Unit Buildings How passports work for blocks of flats and multi-unit buildings: common parts, individual units, collective decisions and shared data. Educational only, not advice for a particular building.