Our Impact Report: 2025
As a Community Interest Company, the National Retrofit Hub exists to create public benefit by helping strengthen the UK retrofit system so local delivery can happen at the scale, quality and fairness needed.
A Tale of Two Retrofits by Hannah Dixon
A quick delve into the contrasting approaches of Greater Manchester’s first two AECB CarbonLite Retrofit Level 2 Projects; One an Edwardian manor house, the other a 1980s bungalow.
Traditional and Heritage Buildings
At this webinar we were joined by heritage experts to explore solutions that effectively improve the performance of traditional buildings, while retaining historic value.
Retrofit Talks: Innovation for Net Zero
Unyte Group is driven by a mission to create a more sustainable and resilient future through three interconnected ecosystems: Unyte Knowledge, Unyte Solutions and Unyte Hemp. Join this webinar to learn more about hemp, biobased materials and innovation for Net Zero.
Marion Baeli
Marion is partner at PDP London, an architect and Passivhaus designer with a passion for sustainability and low energy design. In this episode we hear about Marion’s own home retrofit as well as her work in reviewing the Retrofit for the Future programme.
AJ Climate Champions: How Retrofit Can Enhance Creativity
Maria-Chiara Piccinelli, associate director and project lead on the London School of Economics’ Firoz Lalji Global Hub (FLGH), explains how each building element requires one-to-one conversations to determine the best reuse, and that the contractor must be on the same journey.
AJ Climate Champions: ‘Even a small practice can push the boundaries of reuse’
Thom Brisco of Brisco Loran talks about Costa’s Barbers, a live-work shopfront which triumphed in the Project under £500,000 category at the AJ Architecture Awards. In this episode, Brisco describes the conversion of a former barbers in Battersea High Street for Arrant Industries into a home/office for himself and his partner Pandora Loran.
AJ Climate Champions: Tara Gbolade – ‘We use an assessment chart to evaluate potential clients’
Gbolade Design Studio’s Tara Gbolade shares insights from her new book, Changing the Game: How to be a sustainable and regenerative small practice.
AJ Climate Champions: Summer Islam – Material Cultures
Material Cultures co-founder Summer Islam explains how a regional ‘materials matrix’ informs the design process.
CIVIC Square: Ladywood, Birmingham – Doughnut Portrait
CIVIC Square co-created the Ladywood neighbourhood Doughnut Portrait. The Doughnut Portrait is a participatory tool which supports communities and practitioners to identify local needs and align neighbourhood aspirations with planetary boundaries and responsibilities to global communities.