Tag: PAS 2035

Maths Teacher Retrains for Rewarding Career as Retrofit Coordinator

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With more than 400,000 new qualified and competent retrofitters needed to achieve our 2050 carbon-saving targets, opportunity knocks for ambitious individuals wanting to make a real difference to the efficiency of our homes and the benefits this brings to the environment. Taking up the chance, Sofia...

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The Retrofit Academy Careers Portal – opportunity for suppliers

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The Retrofit Academy is looking to create a permanent virtual careers platform. This website will act as a tool that highlights to prospect career searchers: the concept of retrofit, the roles within retrofit (PAS2035/PAS2030), training/job opportunities, and act as a platform that allows future...

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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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An opportunity with The Retrofit Academy!

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The UK Community Renewal Fund is a UK Government programme for 2021/22. It aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches to prepare for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It invests in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting...

Partnerships, 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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Retrofitting Done Right!

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A Retrofit Coordinator case study with Martin Hobbs. The Retrofit Coordinator plays a pivotal role in delivering the UK’s net zero ambition. Central to PAS 2035, the role protects homeowners and clients by managing projects in compliance with the Standard. Without Retrofit Coordinators, there...

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Retrofit: Making a Difference!

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A Retrofit Coordinator case study with Carl Harvey. PAS 2035 is a publicly available specification which outlines the necessary standards for the future of domestic retrofit. It is designed to enhance retrofit standards, improve processes, and introduce new skills, capabilities and roles....

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Trusted, Quality Retrofit Coordination

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A Retrofit Coordinator case study with Safeil Maqbool. Over 80% of today’s existing dwellings will still be standing in 2050, and most of them are poorly insulated, inefficient, and reliant on fossil fuels. A thirty-year programme of retrofitting at least 25 million dwellings, to reduce energy...

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A New Face in Retrofit!

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A Retrofit Coordinator case study with Fallon Warren. There has never been a more exciting time to get involved in the retrofit sector. The retrofit community is changing lives by improving living conditions across the country. We sat down for a chat with Fallon Warren, one of our recent graduates...

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What does good retrofit look like?

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A Retrofit Coordinator case study with our Retrofit Coordinator of the year: Geordie Stewart! The Retrofit Academy has now trained over 1800 Retrofit Coordinators nationwide! At the inaugural Retrofit Academy Awards, when it came the moment to choose just one, it was down to our panel...

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The Retrofit Academy talks: Ventilation

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We’re closing yet another year: having navigated working from home, open windows, minding our distance, sanitising stations, and the nuisance of mask on/ mask off. COVID-19 has fixed the spotlight not only to the quality of the air we’re getting, but also, the energy efficiency of our homes. Ventilation...

Blog, PAS 2035, Retrofit, Summit, Ventilation

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The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: 10 things you need to know

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Of the 26 million or so homes that need retrofitting in the UK, 4.1 million are social housing properties, and of those, 1.6 million perform poorly at below an EPC C rating. The result of this is cold, damp, and expensive to run homes for many families already living on low incomes. It also means...

PAS 2035, Retrofit, SHDF, Social Housing

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