What is Retrofit?
Retrofit means changing existing buildings to make them more energy efficient; making fabric changes, technology changes and occupier behavioural changes. This is focused on energy reduction: ensuring that the building needs less energy to heat and power it, and energy generation: ensuring that the energy required to heat and power the building comes from less carbon intensive sources. We need to retrofit the building stock across the UK for many reasons, including to lower the carbon emissions produced from running them, and to provide cleaner, healthier places for people to live and work.
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Learn more about the Retrofit Training Programme
We want to accelerate learning around retrofit and share best practice. At the end of 2023, we launched new learning, assessments and a programme of events on the retrofit topic.
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1. Assessment
What is your aim?
Benchmark your own individual retrofit knowledge against the industry. If you want to assess your organisations capability in assessment, your School account admins will be able to do a company retrofit capability assessment on their dashboard.
2. E-Learning
What is your aim?
Published in November 2023, this beginner level, six module series, takes you through key areas of knowledge to consider in retrofit.
Why Retrofit?
The Business Case for Retrofit
E-learning module
45 minutesWorking in Retrofit
Standards for Retrofit
E-learning module
Data Led Design
Data Led Design
E-learning module
Whole Building Approach
Whole Building Approach
E-learning module
Why Retrofit?
Carbon and Retrofit
E-learning module
People And Retrofit
People and Retrofit
E-learning module
3. Training events
What is your aim?
Attend free retrofit training in the form of workshops, webinars and virtual conferences.
Energy and Carbon
PAS2035 at Scale: Lovell’s Learnings – Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Event or Workshop
Energy and Carbon
Stranded Assets – Commercial Incentives to not Ignore Retrofit – Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Event or Workshop
Waste and Resource Efficiency
Challenges in the Retrofit Materials Supply Chain with Stark Materials – Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Event or Workshop
Energy and Carbon
Scaling Up Retrofit in Scotland: Opportunities in Non Domestic Buildings
Event or Workshop
Waste and Resource Efficiency
Circularity, Waste & Retrofit – Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Event or Workshop
NatWest Group & Retrofit
Listen to Dr. Maria Carvalho explain NatWest Group’s involvement in retrofit; how climate is of vital importance to the bank, how retrofit relates to them and other financial institutions, and what the opportunities for businesses are in this area.
Energy and Carbon
PAS2035 at Scale: Lovell’s Learnings – Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Event or Workshop
Energy and Carbon
Stranded Assets – Commercial Incentives to not Ignore Retrofit – Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Event or Workshop
Waste and Resource Efficiency
Challenges in the Retrofit Materials Supply Chain with Stark Materials – Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Event or Workshop
Energy and Carbon
Scaling Up Retrofit in Scotland: Opportunities in Non Domestic Buildings
Event or Workshop
Retrofit assessment
Benchmark your own individual retrofit knowledge against the industry. If you want to assess your organisations capability in assessment, your School account admins will be able to do a company retrofit capability assessment on their dashboard.
Assess now
Why Retrofit?
The Business Case for Retrofit
E-learning module
Working in Retrofit
Standards for Retrofit
E-learning module
Whole Building Approach
Whole Building Approach
E-learning module
Data Led Design
Data Led Design
E-learning module
Why Retrofit?
Carbon and Retrofit
E-learning module
People And Retrofit
People and Retrofit
E-learning module
“As one of the largest lenders in the UK, we have a key role to play in supporting consumers and businesses in transitioning to more energy efficient homes and buildings that are warmer, cheaper to heat, and generate lower emissions. Decarbonising properties will require retrofitting existing buildings to increase their energy efficiency, constructing new energy efficient buildings and decarbonisation of electricity and heating supply. We want to work at scale to increase demand. But we need the skills and companies to carry out the work and we also want to make it as easy for our customers to retrofit as possible. Our collaboration with Supply Chain Sustainability School will help cultivate a more mature retrofit supply chain, share knowledge and build the skills needed to retrofit homes and buildings across the UK.”James Close, Head of Climate, Natwest Group
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