Five new Low Carbon Homes retrofit conferences launched

Today, Tuesday 13 July, Low Carbon Homes opens registration for five more retrofit conferences – each consisting of three days of intense discussion and knowledge-sharing to consider how best to rapidly scale up the retrofitting of housing locally.

Experts ready to answer heat pump questions

Heat Pump Month opens next week with an innovative Ask Me Anything online event where attendees can get any heat pump-related question answered by industry experts, while enjoying a sociable get-together with peers and colleagues.

The Ask Me Anything event on Thursday 17^th June consists of a virtual room of hosted, themed ‘round tables’ where attendees can ask any question about heat pumps and can jump between tables according to their interests.

Seven free-to-attend events announced to support heat pump deployment scale-up

Heat Pump Month, backed by Ground Source Heat Pump Association, Heat Pump Association, Heat Pump Federation and MCS kicks off on Thursday 17^th June with a month-long series of free-to-attend online events to bring together housing, built-environment, policy and installation professionals to collaborate around one the UK’s greatest carbon-reduction challenges – our homes.

Industry unites to support scale-up of heat pump installations

Heating our homes accounts for 14% of the UK’s carbon emissions, requiring a wholesale switch to energy efficient heat pumps. According to the UK Government, 600,000 heat pumps a year need to be installed from 2028 to meet our carbon-reduction targets, aligning with installation levels of other European nations.

County seeks retrofit-at-scale answers at Low Carbon Homes

In a week’s time, Tuesday 6th October, Low Carbon Homes Derbyshire, supported by MCS, goes live online for the first of three days of intense discussion and knowledge-sharing to consider how best Derbyshire can rapidly scale up the retrofitting of housing across the county.

Press Release

Issued by the University of Derby; Wednesday 23 September

Birmingham seeking green economic recovery stimulus at Low Carbon Homes event

Domestic property energy consumption equates to 14% of all UK carbon emissions, and those unable to afford rising energy costs risk falling into fuel poverty – choosing whether to heat or eat.

PRESS RELEASE

21 March 2019

Expertise announced for South East’s domestic energy efficiency event

Brighton tackles regional domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty and carbon emissions at Low Carbon Homes

This week the Committee on Climate Change is advocating a zero-carbon by 2050 target for the UK, and the UK became the first country to declare a Climate Emergency.

Dorset event tackles energy efficiency, fuel poverty and carbon emissions of UK’s housing stock

A week today, on the 11th March, the doors open to the South West edition of Low Carbon Homes providing an opportunity for housing professionals to listen, learn and question all-things-retrofit.  The event tackles the challenges of ageing housing stock in the South West head-on, providing best-practice solutions from the UK's leading experts: