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Lancashire Retrofit Conference 2025

Join us for TWO mornings of focused content around Lancashire's retrofit successes and future plans
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Discover Lancashire's retrofit progress and best-practice

Weds 11 & Thurs 12 June 2025, online on Zoom Events; FREE to join

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Hosted by Cosy Homes in Lancashire and Greener Homes in Lancashire and presented with Low Carbon Homes
This online event will take place over two mornings to showcase the work of the unique alliance of 13 local authorities, and to facilitate discussions concerning the best practice approach to developing a robust retrofit market to support the needs of social and private housing residents. 
  • WHAT? Lancashire Retrofit Conference
  • WHEN? Weds 11 & Thurs 12 June 2025
  • WHERE? Online on Zoom Events
  • WHO? For everyone working in housing energy efficiency, decarbonisation and retrofit at-scale, in and around Lancashire.

Programme

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08.45hrs: Logging in and topical chat

09.00hrs: Welcome & on-boarding

09.10hrs: Welcome Keynote from Host Partner Cosy Homes in Lancashire and Blackpool Council's Director of Public Health, Dr Arif Rajpura

09.20hrs: Cosy Homes new initiatives, with Blackpool Council's Affordable Warmth & Retrofit Strategy Officer, Andrea Howe

09.35hrs: Affordable Warmth & Retrofit Strategy with Blackpool Council's Public Health Specialty Registrar, Martyn Waterson

09.50hrs: SHORT BREAK

10.00hrs: Fairer Warmth App & Energy Champion Network, with Centre for Energy Equality's CEO, Andrew Ross

10.15hrs: The Private Rented Sector, with Blackpool Council's Deputy Energy Efficiency and Affordable Warmth Officer, Richard Honey

10.25hrs: Introduction to Greener Homes in Lancashire with Green Rose Director, James Sommerville

10.30hrs: Breakout Chat Rooms with CHiL, GHiL and Blackpool Council

11.00hrs: Panel Q&A with our morning's speakers, chaired by Low Carbon Homes, Graham Lock

11.30hrs: Breakout Chats continue

12.00hrs: AM Close

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Drop in to suit your schedule

08.45hrs: Logging in and topical chat

09.00hrs: Welcome & on-boarding

09.10hrs: Introducing Greener Homes in Lancashire's with Green Rose Director, James Sommerville

09.25hrs: Community intermediary-led model to place-based retrofit, with Carbon Co-op's Research & Evaluation Manager, Helen Grimshaw

09.35hrs: Regional retrofit market development with Cosy Homes Oxfordshire's Project Administrator, Lina Budde-Manning

09.45hrs: Property-Linked Finance, with Green Finance Institute's Director of Property-Linked Finance,  Eloise Henderson-Day

09.55hrs: SHORT BREAK

10.05hrs: Regional retrofit advice and service models, with Furbnow's Strategic Partnerships Lead, Chris Crookall-Fallon;

10.15hrs: Retrofit advice & service models - UK and Europe, with Existing Homes Alliance Scotland' Policy Lead, Ian Smith

10.25hrs: Breakout Chat Rooms with CHiL and GHiL

10.55hrs: Panel Q&A with the morning's speakers and guest panellist Geordie Stewart, Cosy Homes Oxfordshire

11.40hrs: Summing-up with Host Partners

11.45hrs: Breakout Chats continue

12.00hrs: Conference Close