The National Retrofit Hub (NRH) is a nonprofit collaborative organisation working to bring together everyone involved in retrofit from policymakers and professionals to grassroots communities with one shared goal: to enable the local and equitable delivery of retrofit at scale. The Hub’s approach rests on three pillars: convening, evidencing, and acting. We host workshops, meetings, and conversations that connect diverse voices; we gather and share data and insights to move the national conversation forward; and crucially, we support practical action helping turn discussion into tangible change on the ground. Our power is our network.
WHERE IT BEGAN: A VISION FROM 2023
The seeds for today’s work were sown in 2023, when one of NRH’s first objectives was set: “Pathways for replicable community-driven retrofit initiatives are available and supported.” That goal reflected an early commitment to making retrofit something communities can have agency in, design, and drive forward, not just something done to them. Over time, this vision grew out of insights from NRH’s working groups on delivery and uptake, captured in its State of the Nation review, which examined how retrofit was unfolding across the UK and what was holding it back.
