Retrofitting: Insights, Strategies & Funding

Explore the world of retrofitting as professionals as client, contractor, and sector leaders come together to exchange insightful knowledge, successful tactics, and creative funding solutions. Whether you're involved in planning, executing, or funding retrofit projects, this webinar promises to equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to drive positive change in the built environment.

Retrofitting Insights:
- Lessons learned and best practices.
- Overcoming common challenges.

Effective Strategies:
- Client engagement and project management.
- Innovative retrofit technologies.

Funding Options:
- Accessing grants, incentives, and financial support.

The details:
Date: Friday 24th May 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Where: Zoom

If you are unable to attend the webinar, please book a recap session with one of our consultants who will discuss the webinar with you and ways of moving forward.

Rolfe Edwards
Senior Retrofit Consultant
LivGreen

Rolfe is a Senior Retrofit Consultant at LivGreen, a specialist decarbonisation contractor for social and private landlords. With over 10 years of experience in the hospitality design and manufacturing industry where Rolfe shaped and delivered carbon reduction stratagies on an international level. Rolfe is passionate about helping landlords achieve energy efficiency and net zero carbon emissions across their housing portfolio, delivering high-quality and cost-effective solutions and bring long term strategic thinking down to short terms plans to deliver key client objectives.

John Taphouse
Interim Head of Asset Management
Epping Forest District Council

John is a Chartered Surveyor, member of the Association for Project Management and is a qualified Retrofit Coordinator. He has over 30-years’ experience in housing asset management. John provides interim management and consultancy services. He is currently working with Epping Forest District Council as Interim Head of Asset Management. Amongst his many priorities, John is developing the Council’s strategy for improving the energy efficiency of the homes the Council provides. For John, asset management is more than structure and fabric. It’s about good quality housing being a foundation for people to fulfil their potential.

Kate Watson
Principle Consultant
Turner and Townsend

Kate is a Principal Consultant in the Sustainability Team at Turner & Townsend. Kate is a workstream lead on the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero funded Technical Assistance Facility (RISE), heading up a team of technical consultants who provide 1:1 bespoke advice to local authorities and housing providers keen to benefit from government funding to support their compliance with EPC C targets and net zero ambitions. Kate also leads our Social Housing ESG team who have provided baselining and year on year data analysis to support improvements against targets. Kate has 15 years’ experience in the retrofit at scale sector, having previously delivered government funded retrofit schemes for local authorities and social housing providers, across all three tenures