2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the council completed extensive retrofit work on any of its significant buildings to make them low carbon?

Question code
1.1a
Section
Buildings & Heating
Topic
Council buildings - retrofit
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council have done any of the following extensive retrofit works for any one of its significant buildings:
- created on-site renewable energy
- whole building retrofitting, including heat pump installations
- extensive insulation of walls and floors
- replacing gas boilers or installing a combined heating system

Clarifications

Significant council buildings refers to leisure centres, libraries, council town halls or offices, community centres, schools & colleges (not academies or private schools) or care homes.

Extensive retrofit (sometimes called deep retrofit) refers to significant works of size or scale that result in a fundamental change to the building structure and/or services. This could be a collection of lots of small retrofit enhancements, or a single larger and disruptive measure, such as installing a combined heat system.

The work must be completed anytime after 1st January 2020, not in progress.

Question performance by council type

Points distribution Northern Irish councils

0 points

9 Northern Irish councils

1 point

2 Northern Irish councils

It is not possible to compare performance on this question between 2025 and 2023 because this question’s maximum score was modified in 2025.

Scores and evidence Northern Irish councils

CouncilScoreEvidence
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference

Evidence

1/1
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference

Evidence

1/1
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1No evidence found
Belfast City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1No evidence found
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1No evidence found
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1No evidence found
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1No evidence found