Retrofit Talks: The Challenges for Retrofit and Councils: Collaboration Case Study
This webinar explores how ECD Architects, with BE-ST, Rybka engineers and Doig & Smith, have used data on existing stock to show how councils can cut fossil fuels without raising bills and embed retrofit into their ongoing maintenance plans, highlighting the benefits and challenges of this approach.
Retrofit Talks: Retrofit Meets Money
This panel session explored the theme Retrofit & Money, with attendees sharing how to drive retrofit through innovative financial models and economic considerations.
Marina Topouzi from CREDS
Sara speaks to Marina Topouzi from CREDS – the Centre for Research in Energy Demand Solutions. Marina shared the work that she and the team there are progressing on the Retrofit Salary Sacrifice scheme.
Caitriona Jordan, BE-ST & Rachael Owens, National Retrofit Hub
As BE-ST and the National Retrofit Hub will be co-hosting the International Retrofit Conference, they got together to let you all know about the upcoming conference.
Futureproof your home with HomeNotes
HomeNotes is an organisation who is seeking to fill the gap that homeowners often face when undertaking a refurbishment project when they can’t afford the full suite of professional services to guide them through contractual matters on site, or navigating the supply chain, and so on.
Lisa Ann Pasquale
Lisa is a retrofit coordinator, and Technical Lead at RetrofitWorks – a cooperative of retrofit installers and designers. She has an academic background in building physics and Architecture, and has conducted a range of performance evaluations of new, retrofit and refurbished buildings. Throughout lockdown, Lisa took on the challenge of retrofitting her own Glasgow tenement flat.
Sarah Buchanan, Impact Manager (Retrofit), BE-ST
This week the Accelerate to Zero podcast features an interview with BE-ST’s very own Sarah Buchanan, Impact Manager in the Retrofit team. Not only does Sarah have an extensive knowledge of the retrofit space, but she also has taken on her own retrofit project of her home.
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.
Helene Gosden, Arup, Donal Brown, Ashden Climate Solutions & Josiah Lockhart, Changeworks
This week Sara welcomes Helene Gosden, Associate Director at Arup, Donal Brown, Director of UK Programs at Ashden Climate Solutions, and Josiah Lockhart, Chief Executive Officer, Changeworks.
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.