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How can the UK deliver warm, affordable homes to meet Net Zero targets in a cost-of-living crisis? Leaders from government and industry examine how retrofit at scale can reduce fuel poverty, cut carbo …
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The concept of a ‘ circular economy’ is not new. The formation of a Circular Economy Taskforce by the then Secretary of State at Defra provided the impetus to explore how to put this into practice acr …Speaker
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Time is not on our side if we are to seriously change the direction in which we are moving in terms of the multiple social, environmental and economic crises that climate change is causing and will in …
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Twelve months ago, then Minister for Energy Consumers Miatta Fahnbulleh told the National Retrofit Conference: “Get ready to scale up!” Have we been able to respond to that challenge over the past yea …
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With an ever-growing list of polycrisis to tackle, how do we make the right decisions as to what we work on, how we push back with our clients, and how we treat one another along the way? While an ins …Speaker
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The launch of the £15 billion Warm Homes Plan was the next step in realising the vision laid out in the Labour Party’s election manifesto. But delivering the Plan comes with significant challenges ran …
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This panel will explore how collaboration and culture change can make circular practices the new norm across the built environment. Bringing together designers, engineers, developers, demolition contr …Chair
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We cannot rely on grant funding alone. To truly scale retrofit, we must make it an attractive and investable opportunity for private finance. This session explores how sector frontrunners are developi …
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In a low-growth or no-growth economy, can the Circular Economy help ensure everyone has the means to live a flourishing life? And if so, how? Is the Circular Economy a way to kick-start new seams of e …
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Quality is what makes retrofit work - for people, homes and the planet. This session explores how we can raise standards across assessment, design, and delivery to ensure projects meet performance tar …
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As debates continue about technical priorities in retrofit, this fireside panel takes a step back to ask a more fundamental question: what needs to be in place for retrofit to succeed at scale? This s …
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A truly sustainable built environment requires effective policies to support key principles including carbon reduction, resilience, circularity and resource protection, water, biodiversity, health and …
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This session brings together innovators from the north of the UK to outline their strategies for tackling fuel poverty, improving housing quality, and scaling retrofit delivery.
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We need nature for our long term survival and yet we have taken it so much for granted that we may now be at a tipping point with biodiversity loss and the rapid degradation of ecosystems reaching cri …
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Hear how local and city-wide initiatives in the capital are improving homes, cutting emissions, and shaping a model for successful delivery.
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What does ‘regenerative design’ actually mean, and how can we put it into practice, regardless of context? Our contention is that it is possible to embed regenerative practices into all aspects of de …Speaker
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GM Mayor Andy Burnham has been leading a Retrofit Taskforce to kickstart large-scale retrofit. Hear about what’s been achieved, the challenges faced, and lessons learned. Chair and introduction: Mark …
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Regenerative design in practice: case studies - Curated by Architecture Today and Architects DeclareThe Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI) identified three broad sections for regenerative practice: being a good ancestor, co-evolving with nature and creating a just space for people. ‘Being a good …
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With some of the UK’s oldest housing stock and largest cities, the English Midlands is at the heart of the national retrofit challenge. This session considers what’s happening and what’s planned in bo …Speaker
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This session will explore how regenerative thinking can reshape the built environment, highlighting the social, environmental and economic benefits of this approach, as well as the challenges and the …
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The Bristol City Leap Partnership is widely seen as a model of excellence for public/private partnership. Bristol is also often seen as a pioneering green city. This sessions considers what’s been ach …
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This session will see three shortlisted innovators battle it out in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style pitch, to become winner of the Big Innovation Pitch 2026. Chair: Dr. Oliver Jones, Cundall Judge: Victoria Bu …Chair
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The Big Retrofit Challenge is a ground breaking competition co-hosted by Futurebuild, Innovate UK, and the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG). This initiative is designed to unearth pioneering …
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Despite the sound and fury of the culture warriors, dealing with the reality of climate change and working with nature is something we all need to be and will soon be doing. It will shortly become a p …
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High performance sustainable buildings have, until recently, been limited to niche projects at a relatively small scale. Things are now changing quickly, with multiple large organisations committing t …
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The industry’s biggest challenges - delays, cost overruns, and disputes - aren’t just technical problems; they’re collaboration failures. Discover how innovative contracting and procurement models, co …
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An overview of Version 1 of the Standard, including the latest updates and developments. The session will cover the verification process and methodology, industry engagement, and how you can use the S …
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Residents are the ultimate retrofit stakeholders - yet too often they feel that home energy upgrades are done to them, not with them. How can we rethink engagement to empower tenants through two-way d …
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2030, along with 2050, have long been held as significant dates in climate change and nature recovery action planning. As each year moves towards the first of these seminal dates, the important of ach …Speaker
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The technical solutions for net zero already exist - but what’s missing are the tools, frameworks, and ways of working to deliver them at scale, speed, and cost. In 2023, Innovate UK’s Net Zero Heat t …