The Home Upgrade Show
MANCHESTER'S LARGEST RETROFIT EVENT
Expo, Talks/Panels, Workshops & Get-Togethers
Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester; Thu 10 - Fri 11 Oct 2024
The Home Upgrade Show returns to Greater Manchester!
Manchester's largest retrofit event, The Home Upgrade Show, is a two-day practical showcase featuring a wide range of local and national retrofit suppliers and service providers. This practical and sociable event is designed to offer vital information and support, fostering long-lasting relationships to help advance your retrofit projects.
Who's it for?
The Home Upgrade Show is aimed at anyone interested in retrofit at-scale, community retrofit and individual home retrofit projects - specifically, local/combined authority officers, installers, contractors, consultants, community organisations, surveyors, academics, landlords and sector organisations plus householders already underway with their own retrofit plans.
What will I find?
- MEET 50+ exhibitors offering retrofit solutions and services
- LEARN: at the Collaboration Theatre Sessions: practitioner presentations, and discussions each day
- MEET & CHAT: sociable networking + meeting, workspaces and café
- MEET-UP: at the Supply Chain Meet-Up, 4pm, Thurs 19 Oct
- GET INSPIRED by the beautiful heritage venue + tours each day
- FREE TO ATTEND: central location with easy access by public transport
Visitor Information
📅 10am-4pm, Thurs 10 & Fri 11 October 2024
📍ℹ Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0FE
🎫 Registration essential for free entry on both days
(includes entry to Supply Chain Meet-Up, 4-6pm, Thurs 10 Oct)
Expo
Over 50 exhibitors will present a range of retrofit solutions, from global brands to local start-ups, in a relaxed atmosphere ideal for learning and networking. Discover more innovations in a few hours at The Home Upgrade Show than at many other industry events. We are #AllForRetrofit. Are you?
Collaboration Theatre Sessions
🆕 Collaboration Theatre programme
With your involvement, sessions will explore key regional opportunities as devolution supports retrofit scale-up: workforce, community engagement, consumer advice, support, and market development.
Join us for workshops, training, and collaboration sessions – register now.
Networking & Social
🆕 Join us at the Supply Chain Meet-Up, 4.00-6.00pm, Thurs 10 Oct, in partnership with RISE.
The domestic property retrofit market aims to upgrade 880,000 homes, offering significant business and career opportunities in Greater Manchester. Come along to the Meet-Up to:
- Explore the future of GM retrofit
- Network with business owners
- Learn about market opportunities
- Discover new products and services
- Enjoy an after-work social.
Who is it for? Contractors, installers, building trades, surveyors, architects, designers, manufacturers, suppliers, specifiers, procurement – and those seeking a new career in retrofit.
- MEET with fellow business owners already busy with retrofit
- DISCOVER local retrofit market opportunities from those seeking suppliers
- EXPLORE new products, services and suppliers
- FIND OUT about local training, funding and business support
- TREAT yourself to a relaxed after-work social in an amazing building
Who is it for? Contractors, installers, building trades, surveyors, architects, designers, manufacturers, suppliers, specifiers, procurement and those seeking a new career in retrofit
Timings
The Meet-Up is part of The Home Upgrade Show.
Please REGISTER for the event and arrive at the venue before 4pm.
The Expo - who's exhibiting at The Home Upgrade Show?
Meet over 50 local, regional and national retrofit suppliers, service providers and practitioners in an informal and inspiring setting. Whatever stage you are at with your retrofit ambition or project, the practical-focused Expo will provide you with trusted advice, information and a 'friendly ear' to listen to your specific challenges.
Collaboration Theatre Programme
Theatre Location: Females Pool
12.00hrs: New talent, new skills: shaping the future of retrofit, with GREENWORKX >> Join us to explore workforce development in retrofit. Discover strategies for upskilling your team. Learn how Greenworkx attracts and trains new talent to thrive in green jobs. Prepare your team for the retrofit revolution.
13.00hrs: What is low carbon retrofit and do I want or need it? with WARM FRONT >> Open debate on low-carbon retrofitting.
Your views? Is it worth it? Who can advise? Cost and support? Energy bills? Impact on your life?
14.00hrs: The path to democratised retrofit - making the difference that is needed, with Your Home Better >> Your Home Better is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC), a cooperative for community groups and installers working together to make Manchester carbon neutral. Come and join us on our retrofit revolution.
15.00hrs: Loft insulation isn't working in 80% of UK houses. What can we do about it? Hosted by Loftzone, come along to learn about loft insulation: regulations, installation, performance, safety, and alternative techniques. Discover U-value calculator and design considerations.
16.00-18.00hrs: ⭐ Supply Chain Meet-Up: Discover the future of GM retrofit. Meet. Learn. Connect. Learn more about the local retrofit market opportunities from those looking for suppliers at an after-work social. In partnership with RISE, and supported by AECB, Procure Plus, People Powered Retrofit, Retrofit Hub, Green Economy, Your Home Better
All sessions are free to attend and will be held in the former Ladies Swimming Pool (now empty!).
Theatre Location: Females Pool
12.00hrs: Area-based approaches to retrofit, with CARBON COOP >> Learning from Carbon Co-op's South Manchester Area-Based Scheme on energy efficiency: benefits, challenges, and replication insights.
13.00hrs: The path to democratised retrofit - making the difference that is needed, with Your Home Better >> Your Home Better is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC), a cooperative for community groups and installers working together to make Manchester carbon neutral. Come and join us on our retrofit revolution.
14.00hrs: Retrofit Professionals Networking, hosted by PEOPLE POWERED RETROFIT >> Guided networking space for contractors, designers and installers within the retrofit industry. A business referral/matchmaking event to help like-minded individuals within the industry collaborate effectively.
All sessions are free to attend and held in the former Ladies Swimming Pool (now empty!).
What people say about Retrofit Action Week events
You guys are great, very inspiring, you've made the day for me, thank-you 👏🏼
A great event to attend. Met an awful lot of interesting people from a lot of different backgrounds, social housing providers, contractors, installers. It's particularly useful to see how different people can speak to each other about retrofit
Nice and compact…plenty of time to have a good chat with everyone - met some good people and you see the highlights. The workshops were very interesting which led to making some good relationships with architects and different builders and stuff that's going to be a good working relationship going forward
Thanks everyone for all the lovely conversations and talks - very insightful
My main takeaway today was meeting the guys on the CITB training stall - that was absolutely outstanding
I think strengthening the kind of network of contacts and the retrofit industry in the Northwest was the most important thing for us. Meeting contractors and people who are interested in pushing retrofit forward, whether that be social housing providers, whether that be community groups, that sort of thing - looking at how it can be done at scale