North-East Retrofit Summit

Tuesday, 28 September 2021 - Thursday, 30 September 2021

Online Sessions: 0845-1200hrs

North-East region's retrofit event to facilitate knowledge exchange across the region, focusing on retrofit best practice, and its role in supporting local economic recovery

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Event Partners, Supporters and Associations

Guest Speakers

Dr. Zahirah Azizi

Senior Lecturer - Quantity Surveying, Northumbria University

Adrian Cantle-Jones

Project Manager, Durham County Council

Alex Cole

Director of Innovation and Consulting, Midlands High Growth Ltd

Sean Conway

Business Development Manager, Eurocell Group

Jamie Driscoll

Mayor, North of Tyne Combined Authority

Sir Paul Ennals CBE

Chair, NEECCo

Sir Paul Ennals CBE

Chair, North East England Climate Coalition (NEECCo)

Paul Fiddaman

CEO, Karbon Homes Limited

Samantha Granger

Head of Environmental Sustainability, Thirteen

Matt Harrison OBE

Programme Director, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Energy Efficiency & Local, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Tracy Harrison

Chief Executive, Northern Housing Consortium

Joe Hill

Sales Manager (North), Kensa Contracting

Dr. Tara Hipwood

Assistant Professor, Northumbria University

Ross Holleron

Head of Innovation, Sero Group

Paul Kilby

Regional Partnership Manager, Glasgow City Region Programme Management Office

James Moran

Area Sales, Panasonic UK Ltd

Ms. Emily Thompson

Fuel Poverty and Climate Change Director, Groundwork in the North

Samantha Tullock

Strategic Assets Business Lead, Believe Housing

Dr. Richard Watson

Senior Research Fellow, Northumbria University

Programme

Day 1

Session Time	Session	Speaker(s)
08:30	Log-in, on-boarding & networking	All Participants
09:00	Welcome & The UK's Zero Carbon Challenge
09:10	Partner messages	All Partners
09:15	Welcome from the Chair	Sir Paul Ennals CBE, Chair, NEECCo Sir Paul Ennals CBE, Chair, North East England Climate Coalition (NEECCo)
09:20	Becoming England's Greenest Region	Sir Paul Ennals CBE, Chair, NEECCo Sir Paul Ennals CBE, Chair, North East England Climate Coalition (NEECCo)
09:30	Thirteen's housing stock de-carbonisation	Samantha Granger, Head of Environmental Sustainability, Thirteen
09:45	Partner presentation: from Kensa Contracting	Joe Hill, Sales Manager (North), Kensa Contracting
09:55	County Durham's retrofit initiatives	Adrian Cantle-Jones, Project Manager, Durham County Council
10:10	Partner presentation: from Stelrad: The flexibility and effectiveness of Stelrad radiators with retrofit heat pumps	Lewis Aird, Specification Manager, Stelrad Radiator Group
10:20	NEECCo-commissioned research: Understanding the demand for individual green technologies and services	Dr. Zahirah Azizi, Senior Lecturer - Quantity Surveying, Northumbria University Dr. Tara Hipwood, Assistant Professor, Northumbria University Dr. Richard Watson, Senior Research Fellow, Northumbria University
10:35	Group discussions & networking on the virtual tables	All Participants
11:00	Q&A with Presenter Panel incl. feedback from attendees	All Participants
11:30	Morning 1 sessions close

Day 2

Session Time	Session	Speaker(s)
08:30	Log-in, on-boarding & networking	All Participants
09:00	Welcome & Morning 1 reflections
09:10	Partner messages	All Partners
09:15	Chair's Introduction	Tracy Harrison, Chief Executive, Northern Housing Consortium
09:25	Optimised retrofit	Ross Holleron, Head of Innovation, Sero Group
09:40	Partner presentation: with Panasonic	James Moran, Area Sales, Panasonic UK Ltd
09:50	Glasgow City Region's approach to retrofit at scale	Paul Kilby, Regional Partnership Manager, Glasgow City Region Programme Management Office
10:05	Partner presentation: with Eurocell: Eurocell PVCu windows = sustainability!	Sean Conway, Business Development Manager, Eurocell Group
10:15	The home as healthcare - the Midlands High Growth approach	Alex Cole, Director of Innovation and Consulting, Midlands High Growth Ltd
10:30	Group Discussions on virtual tables: Best Practice: local relevance	All Participants
11:00	Q&A with Presenters and feedback from attendees	All Participants
11:30	Morning 2 sessions close

Day 3

Session Time	Session	Speaker(s)
08:30	Log-in, on-boarding and networking	All Participants
09:00	Welcome & Morning 2 reflections
09:10	Partner messages	All Partners
09:15	Welcome from the Chair	Paul Fiddaman, CEO, Karbon Homes Limited
09:25	Opening Address	Jamie Driscoll, Mayor, North of Tyne Combined Authority
09:35	Social Housing De-carbonisation Funding - Wave 1.	Matt Harrison OBE, Programme Director, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Energy Efficiency & Local, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
09:50	Customer engagement through retrofit, in partnership with the Royal College of Art	Samantha Tullock, Strategic Assets Business Lead, Believe Housing
10:05	Tackling the skills gap to achieve decarbonisation of the housing stock	Ms. Emily Thompson, Fuel Poverty and Climate Change Director, Groundwork Ms. Emily Thompson, Fuel Poverty and Climate Change Director, Groundwork Yorkshire Ms. Emily Thompson, Fuel Poverty and Climate Change Director, Groundwork in the North
10:20	Group work on virtual tables: Local interventions & priorities	All Participants
10:50	Q&A with Presenter Panel and feedback from attendees	All Participants
11:20	Summing up the North East retrofit event!	Paul Fiddaman, CEO, Karbon Homes Limited
11:30	Morning 3 sessions close	All Participants

Event Advisory Group

Low Carbon Homes Ltd, 4, The Barford Exchange,
Wellesbourne Road, Barford, Warwick, CV35 8AQ
Company registration number: 12354993

phone:	+44 (0)1926 956888
mail:	hello@lowcarbonhomes.uk