Almost three-quarters of NSW’s fleet of mobile speed camera vehicles are out of action due to the need to retrofit them to carry signs alerting motorists that enforcement is under way.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/debacle-most-of-nsw-s-mobile-speed-camera-cars-off-the-road-20230101-p5c9p1.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

But experts say the same kinds of barriers that have contributed to the housing shortage writ large are also at play for companies seeking to retrofit existing buildings.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/turning-offices-into-homes-could-help-address-the-housing-crisis-but-can-it-be-done/article_7a8e57dd-4371-5a66-98e3-85b9f45620e2.html

By contrast, residents can remain in their homes during a soft-story retrofit, which typically takes four to six weeks.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-03/hidden-flaw-in-california-homes-can-cause-earthquake-damage

District cooling, must have for future citiesThis is a great idea, though, seems impossible (or, at least, improbable) to retrofit a city building with district cooling infrastructure.

Source: https://energycentral.com/event/cutting-costs-your-power-plant-using-ai-and-machine-learning-%E2%80%93-new-imaging-techniques-0

For retrofit, you can then import the model into a design environment to plan upgrades, verify clearances, and produce an automated bill of materials.

Source: https://energycentral.com/o/bentley/make-your-manager-champion-your-digital-twin

However, Renkube’s system would need to be manufactured right when the modules are produced — no retrofit is possible.

Source: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/business-tech/motionless-tracker-technology-that-can-revolutionise-solar-industry/article67368771.ece

It’s also looking at government buildings, per Heisenberg, and considers other public buildings, like schools and hospitals, as well as offices, viable future targets for its retrofit approach.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/ecoworks-series-a/

It was a government recommended scheme for retrofit.

Source: https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/manchester-transport-bosses-point-finger-27324938

It will include a programme of demolition and extension and the developers have said the scheme will deliver “one of the city’s first sustainable retrofit projects and is being designed to net zero carbon construction and operational standards”.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23236242.major-glasgow-city-centre-office-block-refurbished-extended/?ref=rss

Made for low-altitude flights, the T-47s were the perfect vehicle for the Rebels to retrofit into the ground attack fighters that fans got to see in one of the most thrilling set pieces of the original trilogy.

Source: https://collider.com/star-wars-the-most-iconic-ships-from-the-original-trilogy/

More than 4 million people have skills that will be needed in retrofit jobs, but only 200,000 people are currently working to retrofit homes, Labour said, citing research by the progressive thinktank Autonomy.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/09/labours-plan-to-insulate-more-homes-would-create-4m-job-opportunities

More than 4 million people have skills that will be needed in retrofit jobs, but only 200,000 people are currently working to retrofit homes, Labour said, citing research by the progressive thinktank Autonomy.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/09/labours-plan-to-insulate-more-homes-would-create-4m-job-opportunities

That rainbow retrofit 11 years ago caused Penney’s to shed a quarter of its market value.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/06/03/bud-light-vp-spotted-in-nyc-cant-talk-about-dylan-mulvaney-debacle-n1700256

The company predicts how much energy a retrofit will save and converts the up-front installation costs, billing homeowners based on the savings.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/22/climate-tech-roundup-food-waste-wastewater-and-the-uks-troubled-battery-industry/

The Heero app is aimed at guiding homeowners through the entire retrofit journey, while streamlining the user experience, overcoming the multitude of barriers and complex guidance homeowners encounter when trying to reduce their energy bills.

Source: https://www.insider.co.uk/news/dundee-cleantech-start-up-completes-31090417

The other is a retrofit with a multiple fuel flexible injection system with a gas supply.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/10/05/ports-of-la-long-beach-to-join-with-aqmd-to-test-new-ship-technologies-to-cut-pollution/

The project will consist of construction of a 2.5MW on-site electrolyser to supply hydrogen to the Yarwun refinery and a retrofit of one of Yarwun’s four calciners so it can operate at times with a hydrogen burner.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.com.au/press-release/20230712/rio-tinto-and-sumitomo-to-build-gladstone-hydrogen-pilot-plant-to-trial-lower-carbon-alumina-refining

The Torri tal-Għallis retrofit proposal, first floor interior view, showing a shower with a view.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/old-walls-new-tricks-historic-watchtower-reimagined-home-space.1025561

The Village has identified a number of retrofits they would like to make to their corporate building inventory, and the grant from FCC will help the municipality begin with a lighting retrofit on their Community Centre.

Source: https://smokyriverexpress.com/fcc-grant-will-help-girouxville-upgrade-centre/

This cash injection is helping to get homes retrofitted as well as building up a retrofit workforce.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/half-residents-solihull-street-saving-27561304