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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.

The ‘Retrofit Essex: Backing the future’ event is a free networking, information and inspiration event for businesses and sole traders in construction.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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?

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.

FMB members in Oxfordshire were offered a free course in retrofit. Find out why this Master Builder took the opportunity and why they feel it’s an important topic to focus on.

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.

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

The Chancellor’s letter to the CEO of the UK Infrastructure bank, John Flint, outlining a new strategic steer for the bank with a clear focus on retrofit technology, is a positive sign the Government is recognising the need to develop the retrofit market to cut carbon emissions.

FMB London Director Sam Eden shares his experience of this April’s London Business Forum (sponsored by Tradepoint) where the theme focused on ‘Retrofitting a house: A guide for small builders'.

FMB President Phillip Hall calls for higher retrofit standards, spotlighting York’s leading retrofit and heritage skills projects as models for sustainable, quality building

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 House of Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has today published its report on, “Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy”, warning that the Government will miss its 2030 and 2050 targets without decisive action to tackle the skills gap.