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Thinking retrofit? Then think wood, says David Hopkins of Timber Development UK in this guest blog.

The Optimised Retrofit project will help to retrofit thousands of homes across Wales to be fit for the future, and the project needs skilled tradespeople to deliver the work. Find out about opportunities to get involved.

Interested in pursuing a career in Domestic Retrofit? Come along to a free 'Pathways into Domestic Retrofit' event in Abingdon.

If we are to tackle climate change, we need to make our homes greener.

Russell Smith, Managing Director and Founder of Parity Projects and Retrofit Works, talks to Master Builder about the importance of retrofitting the UK’s housing stock and the opportunities that it will create.

Homes as Energy Systems (HaES) are looking to partner with suitably experienced and qualified contractors who can design, supply and install energy efficiency measures in Manchester.

Explore the additional skills and learning required to making our buildings more energy efficient and healthy in this breakfast seminar.

The Government’s declaration of a zero-carbon target by 2050 will require a radical rethink of how we use energy in our homes, but how do we successfully retrofit existing properties to be more energy efficient?

Nicola de Sousa visited a Cambridgeshire eco-renovation project led by members Carl Dodd and Dave Clay as they blend historical architecture with modern-day energy efficiency solutions.

Generation is committed to addressing UK retrofitting challenges with the launch of a green jobs training programme.

At the invitation of the British Embassy in Dublin, FMB Chief Executive Brian Berry spoke and presented at the Joining the Dots retrofit conference in Cork, Ireland.

Nikki Lambert from Lambert Home Builds spoke with FMB South Director, Iain Kirtley, about their work around sustainability and retrofit.

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is correct to highlight that the Government’s missing retrofit strategy remains a barrier to green the nation’s homes and upskill the workforce in order to deliver a truly sustainable built environment, says the FMB in response to the EAC’s recent Building to Net Zero report.

Responding to the Labour Party’s calls for a national energy efficiency plan, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has called on all parties to back a long-term retrofit strategy as a matter of urgency.

The Chancellor has missed an opportunity to propel regional economic growth by committing to a long-term plan to retrofit our country’s homes – a market worth over £4 billion every year, says The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to his speech at Bloomberg HQ.

Carl Dodd, Director of FMB member company Property Revolutions Limited, has been retrofitting properties since the 1990s. In this guest blog, written by Tania Cheslaw, we explore how the retrofit market in the UK is changing.

The first part of this session features an experts' Q&A session which spotlighted each of the devolved nations in turn, with a focus on retrofit. The second part is an open discussion between all participants with questions from attendees also put to the experts.

Political parties should take note of the Green Party's plans to insulate nine million existing homes.

The Installation Assurance Authority are offering are offering free places on courses dedicated to understanding domestic retrofitting.

The FMB is leading the call for a regional retrofit strategy in Northern Ireland through the Belfast Retrofit Delivery Hub.