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JOIN a retrofit event or activity around Glasgow City Region

Online, in-person, in-community

Introduction to home energy_Loco

Events and activities hosted by Glasgow's retrofit organisations over 8-16 Feb 2025 - click the links to get info and sign up!

4-5.30pm, Sat 8 Feb 2025
Introduction to home energy efficiency, with Loco Home Retrofit
In-person

Learn how to make your home more comfortable and energy efficient. You'll be introduced to Glasgow's local retrofit co-operative, Loco Home Retrofit CIC, and hear case studies from members in the wider area who have made energy efficiency upgrades, such as installing insulation and a heat pump.

Introduction to home energy_Loco

 

 

11am-3pm, Tues 11 Feb 2025
Engaging with customers in TSB's Glasgow branch
In-person

The Snugg team will join TSB in branch on 11th February to speak to customers about home energy efficiency, and encourage them to built their own home improvement plan.

Goodies will be available!

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8.45am-12pm, 11-13 Feb 2025
Glasgow Retrofit Summit
Online

The Glasgow Retrofit Summit, held online over 3 mornings, Feb 11-13, is free for housing professionals involved in retrofit projects and planning, featuring presentations, discussions, and networking.

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7-8.30pm, Tues 11 Feb
Loco Home Open Members' Meeting
In-person

Loco Home is a cooperative of 300 Glasgow households and construction professionals. Members' meetings offer mutual support and input on co-op development. During Glasgow Retrofit Action Week, the meeting is open to all for a glimpse into the retrofit community.

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12.00-1.00pm, Weds 12 Feb 2025
Retrofit in Scotland's Tenements & Flats - 'Lunch n' Learn'
Online

This 1 hour Lunch 'n' Learn will explore why retrofitting Scotland's iconic tenements is vital for tenants as well as the transition to net zero: Scotland's tenements, especially Glasgow's pre-1919 sandstone homes, face retrofit challenges due to poor conditions and high energy costs. Addressing these issues is vital for Scotland's 2045 net-zero goal and offers opportunities for the retrofit sector. The session covers economic and practical aspects of retrofitting, highlighting challenges, efforts, and benefits for residents and the net-zero transition.

Supply Chain Sustainability School

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11AM & 12.30PM, Sat 15 Feb 2025
Heat Pump Open Home, Rutherglen
In-person

If you are thinking about making green home improvements and want to see a working heat pump then come and take a look. The homeowners will talk about their home improvement journey, the decisions taken and lessons learned.

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12.00-1.00PM, Fri 21 Feb 2025
Webinar: Private tenement feasibility case study
Online

Join Loco Home & Under One Roof for a webinar exploring the impact of Scotland's upcoming Heat in Buildings Bill on tenements.  We'll examine the challenges of retrofit in traditional, multi-owner buildings, using a Dennistoun tenement as a case study.

This webinar is presented jointly by Loco Home and Under One Roof, Scotland's charity for tenements and tenement owners.

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2.00PM, Mon 24 Feb 2025
Visit a private tenement retrofit
In-person
By invitation only: Local Authority officers and Councillors are invited to visit a private flat in a traditional Victorian tenement to hear how one homeowner reduced bills, improved comfort and got off fossil fuels. 
Space in the two sessions will be limited. Please email nikos@locohome.coop with details of your role to request a place. 
The building is in Govanhill (G42).
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1.00-2.30pm, Weds 26 Feb 2025
Glasgow City Council/Credit Union retrofit finance workshop
Online
By invitation only
Credit Unions are invited to participate in a discussion with Glasgow City Council and Loco Home Retrofit about how credit union loans could support homeowners to make money- and planet-saving improvements to their homes.
Hear about the experiences of the Sound Pound consortium of Greater Manchester credit unions. Scottish credit union case study (TBC).

Roundtable discussion on opportunities in Glasgow. Hosted by:
  • Susan Hanlin, Principal Officer, Housing Retrofit, Glasgow City Council.
Presented by:
  • Chris Carus - CEO of Loco Home, Glasgow's community-led retrofit cooperative of 300 households and tradespeople. 
  • Jonathan Atkinson - Business Director of People Powered Retrofit, a not-for-profit service for householders in Greater Manchester. He leads PPRs project within the UK Government's Green Home Finance Accelerator, working with a ABCUL and the Sound Pound consortium of Greater Manchester Credit Unions.
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Glasgow City Council: retrofit resources
Videos on-demand

Glasgow City Council's retrofit project updates for Cathcart Road and Old Shettleston Road

027. Cathcart Rd, Exterior

Old Shettleston Rd- Feasibility Study

 


HOST an event

As part of Glasgow City Region's week of retrofit action, organisations and community groups working in Glasgow's retrofit sector are warmly invited to host their own retrofit and energy efficiency events over the week.

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Connecting the community and sharing insights - your event can take any format to suit your organisation and your audience. Online or in-person - run a webinar, drop-in session, eco-fair/community day, CPD training session, case-study group - anything you like!

🚀 You promote, host and run your event any way you like - we list it here and boost it as part of the RAW campaign.

ATTEND an event

You are warmly invited to attend any retrofit and energy efficiency events during RAW's action week, hosted by Glasgow's retrofit community. There are some great sessions being listed, both in-person and online.

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Glasgow's retrofit practitioners are hosting events and activites for residents and retrofitters alike. Open to all. Check out the exciting events here, hosted by Glasgow leading lights in housing retrofit advice and practice.

Local practitioners will be hosting events throughout Glasgow's week of action, to connect the community and share insights. Open to all. We will post event listings on this page as activities are confirmed.

What people say about Retrofit Action Week events

Summit Attendee 2

You guys are great, very inspiring, you've made the day for me, thank-you 👏🏼

Local Authority officer - attendee, Birmingham Retrofit Summit 2024
Architect (2)-1

A great event to attend. Met an awful lot of interesting people from a lot of different backgrounds, social housing providers, contractors, installers. It's particularly useful to see how different people can speak to each other about retrofit

Architect - visitor, The Home Upgrade Show, Manchester 2023
Architect (5)-1

Nice and compact…plenty of time to have a good chat with everyone - met some good people and you see the highlights. The workshops were very interesting which led to making some good relationships with architects and different builders and stuff that's going to be a good working relationship going forward

Housing officer - visitor, The Home Upgrade Show, Manchester 2023
Summit Attendee round (trans background)

Thanks everyone for all the lovely conversations and talks - very insightful

Project Manager - attendee, Birmingham Retrofit Summit 2024
Engineer

My main takeaway today was meeting the guys on the CITB training stall - that was absolutely outstanding

Energy engineer - visitor, The Home Upgrade Show, Manchester 2023
Retrofitter

I think strengthening the kind of network of contacts and the retrofit industry in the Northwest was the most important thing for us. Meeting contractors and people who are interested in pushing retrofit forward, whether that be social housing providers, whether that be community groups, that sort of thing - looking at how it can be done at scale

Retrofitter & installer - visitor, The Home Upgrade Show, Manchester 2023