London Councils x Birmingham: Building the Capacity we need to deliver Retrofit at the City Scale

6 June 2023 10:00 am - 10:45 am Retrofit Agenda

London and Birmingham unite to share their progress on their respective Housing Retrofit Programmes. Starting with a presentation of the level of investment needed in the UK’s two largest urban areas panellists will ask the following questions:

Why are cities the best place for the retrofit programmes to take off?
How do we build capacity in the supply chain?
What are the skills gaps and how can they be filled?
How can cities work together to influence central government policy and private sector activity?

Chairperson

Hannah Jameson, Programme Director, Climate Change, London Councils

Speakers

Daniel Gregory, Portfolio Manager, Route to Net Zero Carbon, Birmingham City Council

David Pierpoint, Retrofit Academy

Jacob Heitland, Director of Climate Action, London Bourough of Newham

Richard Ellis, Director of Sustainability, Peabody