Friday 25th September 2020 Context and Purpose Chief Executive of The Retrofit Academy, David Pierpoint talks about opportunities for Retrofit Coordinators under the Green Homes Grant scheme.

We are delighted to have received funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to attract chartered professionals into practice as Retrofit Coordinators. As we scale up the national retrofit project, it is crucial that the market is served by a broad range of...

We are delighted to have received funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to support Retrofit Coordinators into practice. This allows us to provide a support programme bespoke to the needs of individual Retrofit Coordinators. The objective of the programme...

1st July 2020 This event was staged to mark exactly one year to go until PAS 2035 becomes the mandatory standard for all retrofit projects delivered under the Energy Company Obligation. It considered how prepared we are as an industry and what has to be done to support the transition. Keynote...

29th May 2020 The Retrofit for Social Housing Summit was delivered by The Retrofit Academy Centre of Excellence in partnership with the Direct Works Forum. More than 100 social landlords attended the event, hearing from five guest speakers and posing their own questions to our panel. Context Delegates...

We are delighted to announce that The Retrofit Academy CIC is offering four full-scholarships on the Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management course. The Scholarships are in the name of Dr Peter Rickaby, who has been a longstanding supporter of The Retrofit Academy CIC....

Online Event, 20th April 2020 Retrofit Coordinator’s Questions Answered Context and Purpose Whilst the COVID-19 Pandemic overshadows everything, the energy efficiency sector remains in a transitionary period to adopting whole house retrofit. To date, over 350 built environment professionals...

That’s the question Andrej Miller tried to answer at yesterday’s PEPA conference. Andrej is BEIS’s Head of the ECO – so if anybody should have a clear steer on this, it’s him!  His message was loud and clear. It is the government’s intention to...

In the 21st Century, one of the key considerations for any homeowner is the energy efficiency of the property. With fuel prices continuing to rise, as well as an environmental imperative to both reduce energy consumption and also to adopt more sustainable energy sourcing, it’s clear that there...