Lancashire Retrofit Conference 2025
Discover Lancashire's retrofit progress and best-practice
Weds 11 & Thurs 12 June 2025, online on Zoom Events; FREE to join
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
Drop in to suit your schedule
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
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
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