Carbon Co-Op with Aneaka Kellay
In this podcast, we hear from Aneaka Kellay from Carbon Co-op in Manchester, an energy services and advocacy cooperative that helps people and communities to make the radical reductions in home carbon emissions.
Loco Home Retrofit
Loco Home Retrofit is a Community Interest Company focused on owner occupier retrofit, Loco Home Retrofit support energy conscious home improvement in Glasgow. Key to their work, is participating in collaborative initiatives to aggregate demand and ensure high quality outcomes and a risk managed retrofit offer to households.
Homebaked CLT with Tom Murphy and Britt Jurgensen
Explore the growing movement of community-driven initiatives and their impact on local communities. Against the backdrop of social and economic challenges, we speak with Homebaked CLT, a community land trust in Liverpool bringing about change for the better in their community.
POWER with Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn
In this podcast, we hear from Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn, two artists in London, driven by a desire to bring about change in their community.
Retrofit Balsall Heath with John Christophers
In this episode Sara, part of the retrofit team at BE-ST, hears from John Christophers, an architect and passionate retrofit and social justice advocate, all about Retrofit Balsall Heath, where their aim is to see no one left behind in their community.
Lizzy Westmacott, ECD Architects & Louis Daillencourt, Novoville
Caitriona Jordan (BE-ST) & Rachael Owens (NRH) discuss what it looks like when you put citizens at the heart of data decision-making in retrofit with Lizzy Westmacott, ECD Architects and Louis Daillencourt, Novoville.
Ellora Coupe, Her Retrofit Space & Cara Holmes, NRH
In this episode of the podcast, Sara alongside Ellora Coupe and Cara Holmes are discussing how to the drive uptake of retrofit across the UK. Together they explore how we can move beyond the technical jargon and connect with people on a more emotional level.
AJ Climate Champions: IF_DO’s Sarah Castle
IF_DO founder Sarah Castle explains that community engagement is not just asking people what they want but also what they can do, and discusses the refurbishment of the grand 1924 Observer Building, which had suffered more than three decades of neglect and a dozen owners when IF_DO took on the project.
AJ Climate Champions: WeCanMake’s Melissa Mean
Melissa Mean from community land trust WeCanMake explains how a community-led approach in Bristol is tackling the housing crisis
Retrofitting for real impact: Community, social value & system change
As part of Futurebuild’s ‘Retrofit Mini Series’ host, Martin Hurn speaks with Sara Edmonds—architect, activist, and co-director of the National Retrofit Hub. She shares how the retrofit movement is shifting from policy and pilots to purpose, people and place. In this episode, Sarah explores the potential of community retrofit, the role of collective action, and the system innovations needed to scale solutions. A must-listen for anyone serious about the retrofit revolution.