Events

Join our online roundtable designed to facilitate discussions on how to make the best use of your Retrofit Coordinator for your retrofit project. Our expert will lead this roundtable to guide and navigate your queries, opening and facilitating a space for discussion.

Join us for an insightful session exploring the Levenshulme Area Based Retrofit Scheme, a project trialling the benefits of a street-by-street retrofit approach to improve energy efficiency at scale. This session will explore the key principles behind the scheme, highlighting practical retrofit solutions, funding opportunities, and how a collective neighbourhood approach can enhance efficiency. Key topics covered: The Levenshulme Area Based Retrofit Scheme: Overview and objectives. Challenges faced and lessons learnt. Community-driven retrofit solutions. Financial models and funding strategies. This is an opportunity to gain practical insights into innovative approaches to scaling up community-wide retrofit. Speaker: Hannah Dixon, Director, Progress in Practice.

Join us for a knowledge-packed peer session titled Collaborative Retrofit Lessons: Studio Partington. This session highlights effective retrofit delivery through the lens of the Wolverhampton project, with a focus on collaboration, adaptation, and design-led problem solving. They will cover: Designing effective area-based schemes with multiple stakeholders. Working with contractors and subcontractors to deliver retrofits without MMC. Lessons from delivering small home clusters with limited budgets. Insights into adapting solutions to local needs. Ideal for retrofit practitioners, designers, and housing professionals, this session offers practical takeaways and celebrates the power of collaboration in achieving retrofit success. Speakers: Suzanne Davenport, Associate, Studio Partington. Robert Lambe, Chief Executive, Melius Homes. Ben Whiterod, Head of Decarbonisation, United Living Property Services. Richard Barwick, Company Director, RJ Barwick Ltd. Zack Gill, Energiesprong and George Williams, Wolverhampton Homes.

Comprehensive overview of the essentials for anyone working on a retrofit programme (two-part series).

Comprehensive overview of the essentials for anyone working on a retrofit programme (two-part series).

When improving the energy efficiency of homes, insulation and ventilation must be considered together. Poor ventilation can lead to condensation, mould, and damage to the building fabric - even when insulation is improved. This introductory session will explain the key principles behind combining insulation and ventilation to achieve better indoor air quality and protect the building. We'll provide an overview of: External Wall Insulation (EWI). Internal Wall Insulation (IWI). Cavity Wall Insulation. Roof and Underfloor Insulation. Ventilation strategies. Ideal for those new to retrofit or looking to build confidence in specifying and understanding these measures.

Join us for an engaging and practical peer learning session, Retrofit Lessons from HUG in Shropshire with Osmosis, where we’ll explore what it truly takes to deliver retrofit successfully at the local level. This session will shine a light on how Shropshire Council and Osmosis collaborated to implement the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG)—working with a wide network of local installers, building design capacity, and sharing responsibility across the supply chain. Through real-world delivery stories, we’ll uncover the key lessons, the challenges faced, and the innovative strategies that helped drive quality and compliance, even in areas with limited supply chain capacity. Key topics covered: Delivering retrofit through the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG); Multi-installer coordination and shared accountability; Building local supply chain capacity and PAS 2030 accreditation; Lessons learned from real-life implementation; Practical strategies and future considerations. This session is ideal for local authorities, retrofit professionals, delivery partners, and anyone looking to scale up people-centred, locally grounded approaches to net-zero housing. Register now to learn how data is shaping the future of housing decarbonisation. Speaker: Jessica Scott- Henker, Retrofit Coordinator, Osmosis ACD.

Join us for a dynamic knowledge share session, Delivering Warm Homes with the Centre for Energy Equality, where we explore inclusive, community-rooted approaches to retrofit that place people at the heart of energy transition. This session will spotlight how the Centre for Energy Equality is working closely with communities to co-design retrofit interventions that address energy inequality, fuel poverty, and the need for climate resilience. We’ll explore their delivery of Warm Homes Local Government projects and their role in the Net Zero Street initiative—a hyper-local, street-by-street model for decarbonisation built around lived experience, engagement, and data-driven action. Through stories from the ground, we’ll uncover how participatory design and digital tools are reshaping retrofit delivery to be both equitable and effective. Key topics covered: Warm Homes Local Grant and place-based retrofit delivery. The Net Zero Street model for local climate action. Tools and approaches for community co-design. Lessons and strategies for scaling impact. This session is ideal for local authorities, housing providers, community organisations, and retrofit delivery teams committed to fair and people-focused approaches to net-zero housing. Register now to learn how data is shaping the future of housing decarbonisation. Speaker: Andrew Ross, Founder, Centre for Energy Equality.