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Five key labour-force challenges facing large-scale retrofit programmes

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Skills are central to the retrofit challenge and will be a key topic of discussion ahead of HOUSING 23. In the run up to the show later this month, David Pierpoint, CEO of The Retrofit Academy, explores the five main labour challenges facing the retrofit sector and potential solutions to overcome...

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Industry panel discussion highlights tipping point for retrofit

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The retrofit industry is at a tipping point ahead of a period of development and growth, an industry panel discussion at Innovation Zero 2023 has concluded.  The panel, entitled Retrofitting the Built Environment and moderated by David Pierpoint, CEO of The Retrofit Academy, discussed the...

Careers, InnovationZero, Retrofit, Workforce

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New Careers Hub Gives Retrofit Clients and Contractors Access to Fresh Talent

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With over a billion pounds in funding now available for large-scale, high-quality retrofit projects, housing associations, social housing providers, local authorities and contractors can now access the best in retrofitting talent following the launch of our a new careers hub! We have recently...

Careers, Clients, Contractors, LocalAuthorities, Retrofit, RetrofitCareersHub, SocialHousing, SocialHousingDecarbonisationFund, VirtualEvents, Workforce

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The Retrofit Academy 2023 Award Winners Announced at Futurebuild!

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Celebrating excellence in retrofit, David Pierpoint, CEO of The Retrofit Academy (TRA) along with category sponsors AIM and EON revealed the winners of the 2023 Retrofit Awards at Futurebuild, one of the biggest events of the year for professionals working in the built environment. The highly...

Event, Futurebuild, Retrofit Assessor, Retrofit Contractor, retrofit coordinator, Retrofit Designer, TRAawards2023

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Retrofit Academy Awards Shortlist: Retrofit Assessor of the Year

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The quality of retrofit assessments is widely seen as a problematic area for a sector trying to industrialise quality. But, judging by the shortlist for Retrofit Assessor of the Year, industrialising good is exactly what some Assessors are doing – quite exceptionally! Only a handful of marks...

Event, Futurebuild, Retrofit Assessor, retrofit coordinator, TRAawards2023

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Retrofit Academy Awards Shortlist: Retrofit Coordinator of the Year

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The Retrofit Academy has been training Retrofit Coordinators since 2016, having been part of the small group of retrofitters that invented the term more than a decade ago. Since then, we’ve trained over 2500 of them! So, we take enormous pride in the fact that the shortlisted entries for the...

Event, Futurebuild, Retrofit Assessor, retrofit coordinator, TRAawards2023

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Retrofit continues to expand at Futurebuild 2023!

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The Retrofit Academy will be returning to Futurebuild 2023, 7th – 9th March, curating the Retrofit Seminar Programme, and at the heart of the thriving Retrofit Section. The first day will also culminate in the prestigious Retrofit Academy Awards, which will take place on the Main Stage at 6:30...

Event, Futurebuild, TRAawards2023

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The Retrofit Academy Awards Seek Excellence in Retrofit!

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Entries for The Retrofit Academy Awards are now open! Following the success of 2022, the Retrofit Academy awards aim to recognise and showcase the importance of high-quality retrofit projects across the UK, with winners being announced at Futurebuild 2023, one of the biggest events of the year...

Event, Futurebuild, Retrofit Assessor, Retrofit Contractor, retrofit coordinator, Retrofit Designer, TRAawards2023

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The Retrofit Academy's review of Housing 2022

The Retrofit Academy’s review of Housing 2022

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The Retrofit Academy attended Housing 2022 in June this year, Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference and Europe’s largest housing festival.  First impressions; it was great to see so many people in person again and experience live events coming back into their own.  It was...

housing, PAS 2035, Retrofit

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The Retrofit Academy talks: Avoiding Large-Scale Failure in Retrofit

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The Retrofit Academy’s most recent summit delves into the industry’s past experience of large-scale failure in retrofit, our current position, and how we can ensure safe, good-quality retrofit in future! Featuring excellent content and resources from our guest speakers and technical directors,...

PAS 2035, Retrofit, retrofit coordinator, skills

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How we can #InvestInOurPlanet for Earth Day, and beyond

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Earth Day is not only a time to celebrate, but also a time to push forward in the challenge of tackling climate change and protecting our planet. We can all do our part to invest in a sustainable future for generations to come, by raising awareness and taking action. This year’s theme for...

Blog, Charity, Donate, Earth Day, Invest in our Planet, Re-use, Recycle, Reduce, Refuse, Retrofit

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The Retrofit Academy talks: PAS Updated!

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Back with a bang! The Retrofit Academy are dusting off the cobwebs and bouncing into spring with our latest summit: PAS Updated! We discuss the recent amendments to the PAS, as well as navigating what these changes mean and what comes next. We also delve into the the new British standard, BS40101:...

PAS2035, Retrofit, Summit

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The Retrofit Academy Awards 2022: Retrofit Rising Star

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Congratulations Barbara Lantschner! Those in the built industry may say that a generation of built environment professionals will soon exit, en masse, to a rightfully relaxing retirement, and it is the next generation who we will look to to expand and develop the innovations of today. Our Rising...

Futurebuild, Retrofit, TRAawards2022

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The Retrofit Academy Awards 2022: Social Landlord of the Year

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Congratulations: Renfrewshire Council! We hope with the work we’re currently doing in the social housing sector will make for a much larger intake of submissions in our search for the best social landlord retrofit client of the year. Nonetheless! We still had some star-studded organisations...

Futurebuild, Retrofit, TRAawards2022

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The Retrofit Academy Awards 2022: Large Retrofit Project of the Year

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Congratulations Melius Homes! Scalability is not so far from our grasp and for this award we recognise a great achievement of retrofitting. Our last award highlighted the pioneering of retrofit quality on a smaller scale, this next awards the older brother of those projects, who, wrapping a warm...

Futurebuild, Retrofit, TRAawards2022

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