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Futurebuild’s fringe programmes bring an additional layer of insight and collaboration beyond the main stages, offering visitors the opportunity to engage with focused, specialist content across the event. Taking place in dedicated spaces throughout the venue, these sessions are delivered in partnership with leading organisations and industry voices.

Explore the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) stage, dive into practical learning with the Retrofit Academy Quality Retrofit Case Studies, and discover emerging ideas and innovation on the RISE and UKDEA Training Hub. 

Together, the fringe programme enhances the Futurebuild experience spotlighting cutting-edge thinking, real-world case studies, and opportunities to connect with the people shaping the future of the built environment.

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ACAN Stage
    ACAN Stage
    This session will bring together leading non-profit organisations working in the circular economy to share and discuss current initiatives, challenges, and opportunities. Representatives from each org …
    ACAN Stage
    An overview of current reuse infrastructure following the roundtable event "Circular Construction: Storage and Logistics" held in October 2025 with UK's most forward thinking organisations in this spa …
    ACAN Stage
    This interactive workshop explores reuse through hands-on activities and shared learning. Participants will examine a mix of reclaimed and new items and guess which is which, challenging assumptions a …
    ACAN Stage
    A shot lunchtime discussion exploring the background, objectives and strategy for ACAN's latest campaign. What are the numbers telling us about our sector's progress on Carbon reduction? Are we being …
    ACAN Stage
    Three short polemics will challenge the industry on it’s future direction and concerns, which will then open up to the audience for something hopefully more like a debate than Q&A.
    ACAN Stage
    Come along for a networking opportunity with a twist: join Federica Romeo Beattie and Gizem Eren as they give an interactive introduction to the Construction Collage, a collaborative workshop which he …
    ACAN Stage
    A joint initiative between ACAN and the Passivhaus Trust, this introductory session will set out how the group plans to widen and democratise access to Passivhaus tools, knowledge and networks for a n …
Retrofit Academy Quality Retrofit Case Studies
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RISE Stage
    RISE Stage
    A session delivered in collaboration with Leeds City Council & RISE exploring how to deliver a successful retrofit project and the challenges impacting the industry. This session will utilise the Leed …
    RISE Stage
    Join Kate Watson, RISE Technical Support Lead at Futurebuild to learn about the powerful end to end support available to Housing Associations and their supply chain to create retrofit strategies, acce …
    RISE Stage
    Discover the essential management activities for a successful retrofit project. This session enables you to learn how to manage teams, data, when to engage residents and overcome delivery bottlenecks. …
    RISE Stage
    Join this reflective session exploring lessons learned and how we can drive quality and increase delivery in year 2. This is an opportunity to hear from the “coal face” of Warm Homes funded delivery o …
    RISE Stage
    Driving delivery performance through data quality. In this session we will explore the power of understanding your housing stock to improve planning and execution of your retrofit programme. How you c …
UKDEA Training Hub
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
    UKDEA Training Hub
    Pete Mills has over 45 years’ experience in the heating industry and is Chair of the MEHNA Heat Networks Group, which is part of the Energy Utilities Alliance. Heat Networks have become a key focus of …
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
ACAN Stage
    ACAN Stage
    Using Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics as a framework, participants explore material lifecycles, and their social and environmental impacts. The workshop encourages participants to understand materia …
    ACAN Stage
    In line with Future Build’s theme of connection, ACAN Bookclub is moving offline for an in person session to discuss How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World …
    ACAN Stage
    What does it mean to be a Climate Literate architect? And is it possible to have the information but not know how to apply that in practice? What do we need to do to bridge the gap between awareness a …
    ACAN Stage
    Architectural awards have been asking for carbon, energy and wider sustainability data for several years now, but to what extent is that information taken into account when selecting winners? Why is t …
    ACAN Stage
    Everyone knows the benefits of timber in terms of embodied and sequestrated carbon, but how can we absolutely maximise those benefits by specifying and using local timber rather than shipping in from …
    ACAN Stage
    Chris Procter will share the findings of his recent research into Thin Vacuum Glazing and discuss this in the context of how local Planning Authorities in London are changing guidance within Conservat …
    ACAN Stage
    Space in the built environment is highly contested, with many stakeholders competing for access, resource, wealth, livelihoods, care, profits. The loudest voices win, predominantly humans, yet we all …
Retrofit Academy Quality Retrofit Case Studies
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RISE Stage
    RISE Stage
    This session explores how organisations can shift from traditional contracting relationships to genuine partnerships that unlock successful Warm Homes retrofit delivery. We will walk through how colla …
    RISE Stage
    Explores how robust quality assurance underpins the success of the Warm Homes Plan. Unpacking clear technical standards (PAS 2035), inspection processes and strong contractor performance management wo …
    RISE Stage
    Join us for an interactive B2B speed round session designed to support SMEs and Tier 2 contractors who want to enter or expand within the retrofit market. This practical session provides the opportuni …
    RISE Stage
    A practical, interactive presentation with Q&A exploring how the regeneration and sensitive retrofit of historic and traditional buildings including those in conservation areas can deliver wide‑rangin …
    RISE Stage
    Delivering large‑scale retrofit through an area‑based model depends on strong collaboration across organisations and delivery partners. This session brings together a diverse panel of industry partner …
UKDEA Training Hub
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
    UKDEA Training Hub
    Steve Hunt - Development and Operations Director. The importance of Heat Utilisation for Heat Networks. We cant as a country afford to waste heat. We need to plan, utilise and manage heat export and t …
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
ACAN Stage
    ACAN Stage
    More than half of our homes in the UK - from Victorian townhouses to new-build flats - are at risk of overheating, which is only increasing as temperatures rise. Within a framework of speculative over …
    ACAN Stage
    Futurebuild takes place in the heart of one of London’s most diverse and innovative Boroughs, but what is happening a stones throw outside of Excel that could inform the thinking of those involved in …
    ACAN Stage
    ACAN is currently undertaking a participatory exercise with members to generate new campaigns for 2026. One of these will be showcased in this lunchtime session.
    ACAN Stage
    Straw building expert Michael Burchert will share latest developments and innovations in straw building from Europe.
    ACAN Stage
    Following his presentation Michael Burchert will immediately lead a practical workshop with the building material of the past, and future. Michael will be assisted by students from the University of W …
Retrofit Academy Quality Retrofit Case Studies
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    Retrofit Academy Quality Retrofit Case Studies
     
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    Retrofit Academy Quality Retrofit Case Studies
     
RISE Stage
    RISE Stage
    This session digs deeper into how we can ensure we are retrofitting houses to suit the end user (the residents), following on from Claire Brown’s speaker opportunity: Empowering Residents: Offering pe …
    RISE Stage
    Social value is a core consideration within publicly funded retrofit programmes, yet it can risk becoming a compliance exercise rather than delivering meaningful outcomes. This session explores how or …
UKDEA Training Hub
    UKDEA Training Hub
    Seminar description: Supporting a Complex District Heat Network Across New-Build and Heritage Buildings at Springfield Village Delivering reliable, low-carbon heat across complex developments requires …
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
    UKDEA Training Hub
     
    UKDEA Training Hub