Delivering Net Zero in Retrofit: Vision, Design and Delivery

Delivering Net Zero in Retrofit: Vision, Design and Delivery

4 August 2026 8:30 am - 9:15 am Energy

Energy performance is where the net-zero retrofit challenge will be won  but only if ambition is matched by delivery. Using Tower Bridge Court (TBC.London) as a live case study, this panel explores how one of London’s first all-electric, net-zero carbon retrofit workplaces translated energy ambition into measurable operational performance through building systems.

Bringing together the developer, architect and engineering perspectives, the discussion examines how energy targets were defined early, embedded into design, and delivered in practice. From all-electric strategy and operational energy performance to embodied carbon reduction and occupier wellbeing, the panel focuses on the decisions that mattered  and the trade-offs that shaped the outcome.

Chairperson

Karl Stauss Karl Stauss, Head of Client Delivery, AET Flexible Space

Speakers

Basil Demeroutis Basil Demeroutis, Managing Partner, FORE Partnership
Robert Smith Robert Smith, Managing Director, Material Index
Lance Routh Lance Routh, Director, Stiff + Trevillion