National Retrofit Conference set to accelerate Retrofit Solutions at Futurebuild 2024

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The Retrofit Academy are proud to announce a new partnership with Futurebuild, resulting in the launch of The National Retrofit Conference taking place alongside Futurebuild 2024. The conference will bring together visionaries and industry leaders to focus on a crucial mission – decarbonising our existing housing stock. It marks a big step forward in addressing […]

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 acclaimed Retrofit Academy Awards recognise and endorse those striving […]

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 p.m. The Importance of Retrofit Futurebuild […]

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 for professionals working in the built environment. “Winning […]

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 Star Award recognises the up-and-comers of the […]

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 demonstrate a clear strategy and implementation of retrofit, and even […]

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 arm of energy savings and increased comfort […]