Retrofit

Reuse

Circularity

Low Carbon

Solutions

Reuse

Circularity

Low Carbon

Solutions

insulation

heat sources

buildings

services

The Retrofit Section

The resourceful materials stage

With 27 million domestic buildings in the UK, the majority of which require significant energy efficiency improvements, it has been calculated by the UK Green Building Council that 1.8 homes per minute will need to be retrofitted to deliver the UK Government’s commitment to net zero by 2050.

Visit to find a showcase of the best solutions, technologies and services, that together, can unite and strengthen the delivery of whole house retrofit at scale.

Exhibitors include

Spotlights

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over 15,500

VISITORS EXPECTED

The Retrofit programme

The Whole House Retrofit Zone’s stage was one of the best attended stages at Futurebuild 2022 and The Retrofit Academy will return to curate the Retrofit Section’s speaker programme! Sharing retrofit best-practice, in practice; the speakers will feature the industry’s leaders, pioneers and innovators who are driving forward with retrofit.

This audience are keen to identify products, technologies and systems that can help them scale up and meet the challenges of delivering retrofit at an unprecedented scale.

1,359

ATTENDED THE WHOLE HOUSE RETROFIT SESSIONS IN 2023

82%

OF AJ TOP 100
ARCHITECTS
REPRESENTED

72%

OF THE TOP 50 NATIONAL HOUSEBUILDERS REPRESENTED

84%

OF BUILDING MAGAZINE’S TOP 50 ENGINEERS REPRESENTED

94%

WERE SATISFIED WITH THEIR
EXPERIENCE AT FUTUREBUILD 2023

83%

WOULD RECOMMEND
FUTUREBUILD TO COLLEAGUES

82%

ARE LIKELY TO ATTEND
FUTUREBUILD 2024

400+

BRANDS TO SHOWCASE THEIR
NET-ZERO SOLUTIONS

“The Retrofit Academy and this section is taking a stand for safe, high-quality retrofit.”

David Pierpoint, The Retrofit Academy

3,719

VISITORS TO THE BUILDINGS SECTION IN 2023

75%

OF VISITORS ARE LOOKING FOR THE LATEST INNOVATIONS

48%

OF VISITORS ARE LOOKING FOR INSULATION

58%

OF VISITORS ARE LOOKING FOR RENEWABLES

60%

OF VISITORS ARE LOOKING FOR HEAT PUMPS

What will you take a stand for?

We’re taking a stand for a better built environment and are urging companies and professionals throughout the industry to make a similar commitment by ‘taking a stand’ on an issue they passionately believe will help propel the industry towards a more sustainable future.

Register today, tell us what you’re taking a stand for and make your commitment – we will display all pledges at Futurebuild 2024.

Circular Materials Marketplace

Innovative brands come to life giving specifiers the opportunity to explore new products, solutions and materials.

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Big Innovation Pitch

All exhibitors get the opportunity to pitch their innovative ideas live against each other to be crowned Big Innovation Pitch winner.

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Materials brands exhibiting

Materials
seminar sessions

Curated and hosted by Architect, academic and author of “The Re-Use Atlas: a designer’s guide towards a circular economy”, the Resourceful Materials sessions will explore ways in which the construction industry supply chain will play a critical role in enabling the UK’s recent net zero carbon targets move from an ambitious statement towards a reality.

visitors attended sessions on the Materials Keynote Stage

75%

of visitors attend the event to see the latest innovations

Innovate to Transform

As the home for inspiring a sustainable built environment, Futurebuild 2022 will showcase innovation through every aspect of the event

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specifiers visited the Materials Stage

88%

of AJ Top 100 Architects in attendance

Power To Deliver

Thousands of industry influencers and shapers attend Futurebuild for your innovations and ideas

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MOBILISERS AND INFLUENCERS WITH THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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We attract the entire supply chain – architects, housebuilders, developers, consultants, contractors and manufacturers – to facilitate positive change – together.

Join over 15,000 decision makers from across the buildings industry, with specifiers and active buyers from these leading companies.

It’s been an extremely well attended show and the second day was extremely busy. It’s been great to get back to the event and meet with our customers and clients to show them about what’s happening in the future for us. There’s been a good customer mix to the stand and we’ve also seen end-users interested in the technology that’s started conversations and given them a vision for the future.

We’ve had a lot of interest in the stand, both with businesses and private individuals. In general, it’s been a very positive show and we already booked for next year while at the show.

We’ve had a lot of very focused conversations at Futurebuild, which is fantastic to see at a show that promotes net zero and champions everything about sustainability. We’ve seen a mix of people to come to the stand, including students, which has been heart-warming for the industry. We also work principally with large asset owners, so we’ve had great conversations with teams in this area.

We came to Futurebuild for a number of reasons. One is collaboration — we’ve been out for two years because of the pandemic so we’ve got a chance to see people face to face and see how passionate they are about certain topics in the industry.

Futurebuild has a really interesting mix of innovators and very traditional building materials companies, so it’s a really good show for us as a data analytics expert in the industry. Aico is traditionally known as a fire alarm sensor manufacturer, so we’ve come to the show to raise awareness that we do operate in this area and we are using sensors to collect data about the environment, such as how heating systems work.

Futurebuild has been great. We’ve found that the exhibits have drawn relevant high-quality visitors to the stand who had some really great questions. This is when we have to take action. It’s important for us to show what’s happening right now and what the industry is working on that lets us deliver net zero and decarbonised concrete.

The show has been very good and busy, and we’ve met different profiles of people each day — for example on day two we met a lot of installers who are involved in the trade. We have a spread of technologies on the stand, which have all been busy, so we’ve been able to talk across a range of topics, such as batteries, PV and heat pumps. It’s a nice statement of people’s journeys towards net zero.

After two years of us being away, it’s been a fantastic event. Our company is just moving to the UK, so we’ve made a large impact with hundreds of leads and dozens of connections. If you’re a company in the UK and are the cutting edge of the green tech revolution, you really need to be at Futurebuild 2023.

It’s our first time at Futurebuild and it’s been absolutely fantastic — we haven’t stopped. We’re a new company and it was our first exhibit, so it’s been great to meet people from every side. Every day has been different and we’ve had a lot of conversations, for example with architects on classification and regulation, as well as hemp farmers visiting to find out more about sustainability. The event shows that change can happen.

Futurebuild has been really busy, and we’ve had a constant flow of really good enquiries on the stand — we’ve already booked for next year. We’ve had a wide range of visitors, including cladding installers, architects, lecturers, developers who build traditionally who are now looking at building in different ways.

The buzz and the footfall here is really good. We’ve had a lot of positive conversations as a lot of attendees are early on in the design stage so want to get information from us.