Manchester Retrofit Summit 2023

Monday, 9 October 2023 - Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Online Sessions: Daily 0845-1200hrs. Drop-in. Free.

Greater Manchester has a target of becoming a zero carbon by 2038 and housing retrofit is key to achieving that ambition. Now a key event in Retrofit Action Week, this will be the fourth Low Carbon Homes event to progress retrofit for the city region. Join us over the mornings of Mon 9 - Weds 11 October 2023 for daily online sessions and hear from Greater Manchester’s and the UK's low carbon leaders to discover how the city region is planning to lead the way.

About this event

The event takes place online over three mornings, using the popular Remo platform which enables attendees to hear the daily presentations and also meet in small table groups for discussions and networking at intervals throughout each morning. The structure of the programme has been designed to support and encourage faster retrofit action across the region:

MORNING 1 – Mon 9th October
Market conditions: Sessions will cover current local market conditions, near-term outlook, financing and insights from those delivering retrofit across Greater Manchester.

MORNING 2 – Tues 10th October
Creating & managing retrofit demand: Case-studies from social housing and private sector operators, with panel debates exploring opportunities to improve and scale what’s already working well.

MORNING 3 – Weds 11th October
Suppling and managing retrofit measures to meet increased demand: Case-studies from large and small contractors with panel debates exploring opportunities to improve and scale what’s already working well.

Event Partners, Supporters and Associations

Guest Speakers

Alex Baines

Head of Building Better, and Chair of BSI Retrofit Standards Task Group, Saint Gobain

Charlie Baker

Your Home Better Consortium Director, Your Home Better

Russ Banton

ECO Business Development Manager, E.ON UK

Sara Edmonds

Co-director of National Retrofit Hub, Head of Citizen Engagement at BE-ST. Co-Founder of Home Energy Action Lab, Studio seARCH

Matt Ferretti

Head of Partnerships, Green Finance Institute

Marianne Heaslip

Technical Director, People Powered Retrofit

Cara Holmes

Senior Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice

Alex Hughes

Scheme Manager, MCS Certified

Graham Lock

Founder and MD, Low Carbon Homes

Emma Lower

CEO, Lendology CIC

Ian Mather

National Senior Business Development Manager, British Gas

Ms. Aileen McDonnell

CEO B4Box, B4Box

Anna Moore

CEO, Hestia

Matt Roberts

Director Property and Development, Southway Housing Trust

Mrs. Kim Royds

Regional Director , British Gas

Prof. Will Swan

Director, Energy House Labs; Associate Dean Research/School of Built Environment, University of Salford

Susan Wells

Fulfilment Director, British Gas

Joanne Wheeler

Local Policy and Retrofit, UK Green Building Council

Programme

Day 1

Session Time	Session	Speaker(s)
08:45	On-boarding & Networking On-boarding and discussions on virtual tables	All Participants
09:00	Welcome from Low Carbon Homes With Low Carbon Homes Founder	Graham Lock, Founder and MD, Low Carbon Homes
09:10	Event partner introductions	Thought Leader Partners
09:15	Welcome from event sponsor, British Gas A market overview: net-zero index	Mrs. Kim Royds, Regional Director , British Gas
09:25	Engagement and advice	Cara Holmes, Senior Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice
09:40	Financing retrofit (1)	Matt Ferretti, Head of Partnerships, Green Finance Institute
09:47	Financing retrofit (2)	Emma Lower, CEO, Lendology CIC
09:55	Creating a local market GMCA's Your Home Better initiative: progress to date	Charlie Baker, Your Home Better Consortium Director, Your Home Better
10:10	Partner Presentation with E.ON	Russ Banton, ECO Business Development Manager, E.ON UK
10:20	Partner Presentation - More than one way to net zero with British Gas	Ian Mather, National Senior Business Development Manager, British Gas
10:30	Group discussions on tables	All Participants
11:00	Q&A Panel with our speakers Guest-chaired by	Sara Edmonds, Co-director of National Retrofit Hub, Head of Citizen Engagement at BE-ST. Co-Founder of Home Energy Action Lab, Studio seARCH Panel Q&A with our morning's speakers
11:45	Further discussions on tables Time for further discussions	All Participants
12:30	Morning 1 close See you tomorrow morning!	All Participants

Day 2

Session Time	Session	Speaker(s)
08:45	On-boarding & Networking On-boarding and discussions on virtual tables	All Participants
09:00	Welcome from Low Carbon Homes With Low Carbon Homes Founder	Graham Lock, Founder and MD, Low Carbon Homes
09:05	Welcome from event sponsor, British Gas Creating and supporting demand	Mrs. Kim Royds, Regional Director , British Gas
09:10	Event partner introductions	Thought Leader Partners
09:15	Case Study 1 - Social Housing Learning from past social housing retrofit schemes in order to improve and scale in the future	Matt Roberts, Director Property and Development, Southway Housing Trust
09:30	Case Study 2 - Owner-occupiers The People Powered Retrofit approach	Marianne Heaslip, Technical Director, People Powered Retrofit
09:45	Partner Presentation: with Hestia Hearth and Home Green growth: the investment case for retrofit	Anna Moore, CEO, Hestia
09:55	Partner Presentation	Speaker(s) TBC
10:05	Group discussions on tables	All Participants
10:30	Panel Part 1 Improving what's working	Panel Q&A with our morning's speakers Joanne Wheeler, Local Policy and Retrofit, UK Green Building Council
11:00	Group discussions on tables	All Participants
11:15	Panel Part 2 Scaling up, at pace	Panel Q&A with our morning's speakers Joanne Wheeler, Local Policy and Retrofit, UK Green Building Council
11:45	Group discussions on tables	All Participants
12:30	Morning 2 close See you tomorrow morning!	All Participants

Day 3

Session Time	Session	Speaker(s)
08:45	On-boarding & Networking On-boarding and discussions on virtual tables	All Participants
09:00	Welcome from Low Carbon Homes With Low Carbon Homes Founder	Graham Lock, Founder and MD, Low Carbon Homes
09:05	Welcome from event sponsor, British Gas Skills and workforce development	Susan Wells, Fulfilment Director, British Gas
09:10	Event partner introductions	Thought Leader Partners
09:15	Case Study 3 - Contractor experience	Speaker(s) TBC
09:30	Case Study 4 - Contractor experience B4Box share their experience and ideas for scaling up and speeding up retrofit delivery	Ms. Aileen McDonnell, CEO B4Box, B4Box
09:45	Partner Presentation: with MCS with MCS	Alex Hughes, Scheme Manager, MCS Certified
09:55	Partner Presentation: with Saint Gobain Interior Solutions	Alex Baines, Head of Building Better, and Chair of BSI Retrofit Standards Task Group, Saint Gobain
10:05	Group discussions on tables Discussions on virtual tables	All Participants
10:30	Panel Part 1 Improving what's working	Panel Q&A with our morning's speakers Prof. Will Swan, Director, Energy House Labs; Associate Dean Research/School of Built Environment, University of Salford
11:00	Group discussions on tables	All Participants
11:15	Panel Part 2 Scaling up at pace	Panel Q&A with our morning's speakers Prof. Will Swan, Director, Energy House Labs; Associate Dean Research/School of Built Environment, University of Salford
11:45	Summing up	Speaker(s) TBC
11:55	Further discussions on tables Last chance to exchange contacts!	All Participants
12:30	Event close Thanks for joining us this week	All Participants

Event Advisory Group

Remo Online

Our online events are held on Remo - a platform that offers a sociable and participative mix of multiple table-based video chats, freedom to move around the tables and choose your own experience, live broadcast presentations and Q&A, direct interaction with presenters and attendees, ‘take the mic’, speed networking, hosted tables, facilitated workshops with interactive Miro whiteboard, 1-2-One and 1-2-Many networking and interaction, personal profiles, social links and contact sharing.

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