The Big Retrofit Challenge

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The Big retrofit challenge

The Big Retrofit Challenge is a groundbreaking competition co-hosted by Futurebuild, Innovate UK, and the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG).

This initiative is designed to unearth pioneering solutions for decarbonisation and healthy living spaces, offering innovators a platform to showcase products, processes, systems, and new approaches that support healthy homes in the UK’s built environment.

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SHORTLISTED WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

The judging period for the Big Retrofit Challenge has concluded and seven potentially game-changing innovations in home decarbonisation have been selected as winners.

Power-Roof® – A net-zero roof cassette system
Anzen’s solid-state heat pump – Efficient, refrigerant-free heating and cooling
Biaco’s zero-carbon boiler – Using water gases and minerals for clean heat
BTS Cloud – AI-driven energy performance analysis
Eyesense by Eyesea Green – AI-powered energy efficiency and air quality monitoring
IndiTherm & IndiBreathe insulation – UK-grown hemp-based retrofit solutions
SHIELD by Power Circle Projects – Low-cost, low-carbon heat and power for low-income households

These innovators will pitch live at Futurebuild 2025 (4-6 March, London ExCeL), gaining exclusive networking opportunities with industry leaders and the chance to pilot their solutions in decarbonisation projects across the UK. Get your free ticket to witness this live!

eligibility and entry criteria

Your company must be a UK-registered business with a maximum annual turnover of up to £15m. Priority will be given to ‘less established’ organisations. Organisations must present a product, service, system improvement or other solution for the purpose of home decarbonisation and health improvement. This covers:

Solutions for retrofitting/renovation of existing homes
Solutions that apply to non-residential properties
Solutions applicable to new buildings will be considered, but they must also have an application for retrofit

Further criteria to consider:

The product service does not have to be compliant with PAS2035 and the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) to be shortlisted, as this may limit the organisations that can be included, however, this application does assess consideration of how these standards could be met in the future
Organisations will be asked about the social value element of their innovation during this application process
Organisations will be asked about the level of resident engagement they have had when developing their innovation during this application process

Entry Deadline: 11am UK time on 28th November 2024

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RELIVE RETROFIT 2024

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The beauty of the event is that it brings together everyone across the built environment. So in construction, property, real estate, design, local government, central government, and a whole lot more. And it’s the only event that really attracts the right seniority level.

We’ve got people in the new build, design, and construction industry, even down to individual consumers who are looking at retrofit solutions for their own homes. So it’s a really diverse mix and a great conversation piece in those different sectors that we can communicate with.

We’re really excited to be at Futurebuild this year because we’ve got a range of really interesting products that are extremely relevant to the social housing retrofit marketplace. And Futurebuild tends to attract a broad range of stakeholders from that marketplace, from asset managers, from social housing through to new build developers.

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