The West of England Retrofit Summit 2025

Register, set your reminders and drop into presentations, Q&A, chat and networking - online, AM's, 25-27 March 2025, focused on South West housing retrofit and decarbonisation.

Join us at the 1st West of England Retrofit Summit

Who's it for?

The West of England Retrofit Summit follows the perenially popular, tried-and-tested format of our other regional retrofit summits and is created for everyone working in retrofit at-scale, community retrofit and on individual home retrofit projects - specifically, local/combined authority officers, installers, contractors, consultants, community organisations, surveyors, academics, landlords and green economy organisations around the South West of England.

Format

The Summit runs online on Zoom Events over Tues 25, Weds 26 & Thurs 27 March 2025 (08.45-12.30hrs) offering presentations, speaker Q&A discussion, themed break-outs and informal networking each morning.

The Summit Programme is themed over 3 mornings:

Morning 1, Tues 25 March >>
Business growth support and scale-up (trades focus)
Morning 2, Weds 26 March >>
Winning retrofit business (trades focus)
Morning 3, Thurs 27 March >>
Why retrofit? (homeowners & community groups focus)

The Programme is being produced in conjunction with our Host Partner Retrofit West and the regional Advisory Group to ensure local perspectives, needs and objectives are at the heart of the event.

Hear from leading lights in low carbon housing

Focused, fast-paced and 100% retrofit-focused speaker programme curated with our regional Advisory Group - and specifically aimed at local/combined authority officers, installers, contractors, consultants, community organisations, surveyors, academics, landlords, architects and green economy and sector organisations.

Ask the experts

Facilitated Q&A each morning allows you to pose your burning questions to the experts - and get answers! - then chat directly with them in the breakouts.

Each AM session allows plenty of time for discussion with speakers and peers.

Summits are informal friendly events designed to facilitate learning and information-sharing.

Find solutions and partners

Join themed breakout rooms each morning to discover the latest proven low carbon tech and solutions - and meet the teams behind them - to discover how it can help your projects.

Recent themes have included: removing barriers, tenant engagement, social value to support retrofit skills, ventilation: the good, bad & ugly, unlocking finance, funding barriers, leveraging multiple funding streams, building partnerships, retrofit support metrics and benchmarking, strategies for improving air quality...

AM1: Business growth support and scaling up (trades)

Drop into sessions to suit

08.45hrs: Logging in and early chats with Renewable Energy Installer & Specifier magazine's Linda Ram
09:00hrs: Intro & Morning Overview, with Low Carbon Homes, Graham Lock
09.10hrs: Welcome & Homeowner Hub Live Login with Retrofit West's Simon Andrews
09:25hrs: Meet Thought Leaders EcoFurb
09:30hrs: Case Study: Current Market & Delivery Success, with Bath & West Community Energy's Sara Grimes
09:40hrs: How to sell retrofit, with with Plant Futures' Indy Kaur, Creative Concern's Faith Bulleyment and Renewables & Clean Tech Film Strategist, Luke Harmer
10:10hrs: BREAK
10:20hrs: Thought Leader presentation, with EcoFurb's Russell Smith
10:30hrs: How to deliver retrofit, with Bristol City Council's Alex Morgan;
10:40hrs: Upskilling, training and careers, with The Green Register's Tom Westwood
10:55hrs: Breakout Rooms
11..30hrs: The Big Debate: Speaker Q&A, chaired by Future Leap's Megan Gallagher
12:00hrs: AM2 Preview + further Breakouts and discussion
12.30hrs: Morning closes

AM2: Winning retrofit business (trades)

Drop into sessions to suit

08.45hrs: Logging in and early chats with Renewable Energy Installer & Specifier magazine's Linda Ram
09:00hrs: Intro & Morning Overview, with Low Carbon Homes, Graham Lock
09.10hrs: Welcome & Homeowner Hub Live Login with Retrofit West's Simon Andrews
09:20hrs: Meet Thought Leaders EcoFurb
09:25hrs: The scale and value of the opportunity with Bristol City Leap's Hannah Spungin;
09:40hrs: Installer Case Study, with Green Team One's Creag Louttit-Vermaat
09:50hrs: BREAK
10:00hrs: Retrofit skills, roles and careers with The Retrofit Academy's Adrian Marshall
10:10hrs: Contractor/Builder Case Study 1, with Earl & Calam Design & Build's Nik Nelberg
10:20hrs: Contractor/Builder Case Study 2, with Hawkland's David Copeland
10:30hrs: Breakout Rooms
11..10hrs: The Big Debate: Speaker Q&A, chaired by YTKO's Lisa Saunders
11.40hrs: AM3 Preview + further Breakouts and discussion
12.00hrs: Morning closes

AM3: Why retrofit (homeowners/communities)

Drop into sessions to suit

08.45hrs: Logging in and early chats with Renewable Energy Installer & Specifier magazine's Linda Ram
09:00hrs: Intro & Morning Overview, with Low Carbon Homes, Graham Lock
09.10hrs: Welcome & Homeowner Hub Live Login with Retrofit West's Simon Andrews
09:20hrs: Meet Thought Leaders EcoFurb
09:25hrs: Introduction to Retrofit West's homeowner advice services, with Retrofit West's Laura Barber
09:30hrs: Severn Wye retrofit services, with Severn Wye Energy Agency's Greg Collier-Jones
09:45hrs: BREAK
09:55hrs: Insulate, heat, generate, with Retrofit West's George Pearson
10:10hrs: Insights from the LEAD Programme, with South West Net Zero Hub's Jason King
10:25hrs: Financing with Lendology's Ellie Lister
10:30hrs: A householder's own lived experience case study, from Future Leap's Katherine Piper.
10:40hrs: Breakout Rooms
11..10hrs: The Big Debate: Speaker Q&A chaired by Refurb & Retrofit magazine's Matt Milloy
11.40hrs: Summit Summing Up, with Simon Andrews, Retrofit West
11:45hrs: final breakouts and discussion
12.15hrs: Summit closes

Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE) is a not-for-profit, member-led organization focused on local ownership and control of renewable energy, benefiting communities and contributing to the UK's community energy movement.

We offer a range of retrofit measures that can help to improve the energy efficiency of your home, making it cosier and more affordable to heat. The following sections will provide with information on the various energy efficiency measures that we offer, as well as some educational resources to to help you get a better understanding of the improvements that you could make to your home.

The charity supporting people and organisations across the UK to tackle the climate emergency and end the suffering caused by cold homes.

Find details of local industry events, support, networks and contact information
CITB Advisers can support and guide you in terms of accessing CITB training, grants, funding and apprenticeships. In addition, they can signpost you to other sources of support, help and advice, including local partners and networks, for example LEPs, Growth Hubs and local initiatives.

We give organisations the space, knowledge, contacts and tools to accelerate their sustainability journey and progress towards net zero.

Retrofit West Advice is a West of England Mayoral Combined Authority project. It is part of a wider retrofit project that aims to build the supply chain, supporting local businesses and delivering green skills development for residents.

We aim for a stable climate and universal energy access by helping people overcome fuel poverty and offering advice on energy efficiency and renewables. With 25 years of experience, we assist various groups in managing energy use, staying warm, reducing costs, and supporting the UK's net zero goals.

At The Eco Scheme, we continuously monitor grants to offer you the best funding solutions for energy efficiency, saving money, and promoting a greener world.

The Green Register has been training construction professionals for over 20 years to enhance sustainability in building practices. As an independent, non-profit organization, it relies on member and collaborator support to improve industry standards, with a focus on quality and sustainability.

The climate, nature, and cost of living emergencies are key priorities for the West of England Combined Authority. We are investing £10 million in retrofit to help address the challenges associated with making home retrofit achievable for everyone.

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Local Authority officer - attendee, Birmingham Retrofit Summit 2024

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

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

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

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

The West of England Retrofit Summit

KICKING OFF RETROFIT ACTION WEEK SOUTH WEST 2025

Presentations, Q&A, themed discussion & networking

STRAIGHT TO PROGRAMME

Join us at the 1st West of England Retrofit Summit

Who's it for?

Hear from leading lights in low carbon housing

Ask the experts

Find solutions and partners

Programme

Final content & timings TBC

The West of England Retrofit Summit will explore challenges and opportunities in energy-efficient homes, focusing on business growth, procurement for SMEs, and women's roles in the industry, aiming for greener South West homes.

AM1: Business growth support and scaling up (trades)

AM2: Winning retrofit business (trades)

AM3: Why retrofit (homeowners/communities)

Summit Advisory Group

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