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The Politics of Change and a Real Green New Deal (part 1), with Robin McAlpine of Common Weal
This was a much more political conversation than usual, but don't be put off. Robin McAlpine is an experienced political strategist and founder of the Scottish think t...
Retrofit Reimagined with Immy Kaur of Civic Square and Jack Minchella of Dark Matter Labs
This week we spoke to Immy Kaur of Civic Square and Jack Minchella of Dark Matter labs about the upcoming Retrofit Reimagined festival, who is taking part, why it's ha...
Commercial sustainability, doing it right and making it pay, with Gary Wilburn (EP Projects', AECB)
We had a chat with architect and building physicist, Gary Wilburn (EP Projects, AECB) about sustainable construction and pushing innovation in sustainable architecture...
Dr Peter Rickaby (part 2) on Retrofit, Heat Pumps, EPCs, PAS 2035, LADs, Climate Change, and everything in-between
In this second of a two-part interview with Peter Rickaby, we discuss the challenges of how we upgrade the UK’s historic housing stock and the difficulties we face wit...
Dr Peter Rickaby (part 1) on Retrofit, Heat Pumps, EPCs, PAS 2035, LADs, Climate Change, and everything in-between
Last week Jeff, Dan, Sara and Duncan met up with Dr Peter Rickaby to talk about all things retrofit. The conversation centred on PAS 2035 and the work that is going o...
EnerPhit in Action with John Gilbert Architects, Dr Ken Gibb, and Yogini Patel of The Passivhaus Trust
Great discussion with Yogini of the Passivhaus Trust, Dr Ken Gibb at Glasgow University and Chris Morgan of John Gilbert Architects on the retrofit of the sandstone te...
The CarbonLite Retrofit Standard (part 2) and a database for Low Energy Buildings, with Andy Simmonds of the AECB
Discussion with Andy Simmonds CEO of the AECB who are the largest member group for sustainable building in the UK. The conversation covers the AECB retrofit standard;...
The CarbonLite Retrofit Standard (part 1) and a database for Low Energy Buildings, with Andy Simmonds of the AECB
Discussion with Andy Simmonds CEO of the AECB who are the largest member group for sustainable building in the UK. The conversation covers the AECB retrofit standard;...
Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), with Stephen Good and Douglas Morrison
Decarbonising the built environment is the greatest engineering challenge the UK has ever faced. We are now in an unprecedented period of transformation that requires ...
Reissue #1 The UK Energy Market with Professor Kevin Albertson (ep #3)
This week we’ve gone back to an episode of the podcast that we recorded in the Autumn of 2021 about the UK Energy Market with Professor Kevin Albertson. The episode...
Collective Purchasing with Chris Clarke at Scape Group - The power of procurement frameworks to change the dynamic
Conversation with Chris Clarke, who is the Performance and Improvement Director at Scape Group. Scape is one of the UK's leading public sector procurement authority w...
BetaTalk meets Zero Ambitions: we need to do better with our heating, and for our heating engineers
We met with Nathan Gambling of the Beta Teach platform and BetaTalk podcast. A champion for better heating systems, better training and education, renewables, and clea...
ZAP's Good Friday late-night roundtable: should we be building new homes at all?
A slightly rambling discussion about the place of new build in a low-energy and low-carbon world.
Central heating problems: systemic issues in design, accessibility, and economics
This week we are joined by Jo Alsop of The Heating Hub and Leah Robson of Your Energy Your Way. We talked about how poor system design inhibits accessibility (and opt...
Helping Retrofit Reach a Wider Audience, with author and influencer Laura de Barra
How do we move out of the silos we are in and reach the widest audience? Given the scale of the challenge and how quickly we need to bring about change in the construc...
Social Justice in Retrofit, with Tara Gbolade and Marianne Heaslip
We spoke to Tara Gbolade and Marianne Heaslip about how work towards demand reduction and healing our homes must be grounded in social justice. In what will be one of ...
Training for a just transition, with Caitriona Jordan of BE-ST
Caitriona Jordan from BE-ST (formerly Construction Scotland Innovation Centre) spoke with us about the importance of training in supporting a just transition and share...
How We Actually Use Buildings, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (usablebuildings.co.uk)
#31 Adrian Leaman & Bill Bordass If you’ve started looking into building performance and post occupancy evaluation at all you’ll soon come across research and tools...
Ireland's National Retrofitting Scheme, with Eamon Ryan (TD)
Yes, it's possible! A long term national retrofit strategy. We're delighted to bring this week's episode to you. Ireland's National Retrofitting Scheme with Eamon Ryan...
Driving the EU to Net Zero, with Ciarán Cuffe MEP
20 years after an EU directive introduced energy performance certificates for buildings across Europe, Ciarán Cuffe explains why the directive is being recast to drive...
Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings Patrick Harvie - "No Pathway to tackling Climate Change without More Ambition"
"There is no path to meeting our climate targets that doesn't involve much more ambition [on buildings]. By the end of this decade, we need to see a million homes conv...
Demand reduction, heat networks and healing our homes
What if retrofit was seen as a societal tool for improving our lives? Sara, Jeff and Duncan talk about the potential of heat networks and learning from those who have ...
What makes for a successful retrofit? Evaluating what really matters with Lisa Pasquale
We spoke to Lisa about PAS 2035, how it can be improved, and some of the projects she has been evaluating over the last few years. Also, to anyone remotely interest...
Campaigning for Retrofit with ACAN and the NEF
We caught up with Aydin Dikerdem from the NEF and Sara Edmonds of ACAN to hear about their campaigns around retrofit and how they intend to collaborate to progress the...
Putting People Front and Centre with Jon Daley of Magenta Living Housing Association
An interview with Jon Daley talking all things normalising decarbonisation and sustainability discussions across a social housing organisation and putting the resident...
EnerPHit at Scale with James Traynor of ECD Architects
An interview with James Traynor of ECD Architects about retrofit, EnerPHit, Portsmouth's Wilmcote House project (the largest scale retrofit of its type, in its day), a...
Financing Retrofit with Rufus Grantham of Bankers without Boundaries (BwB)
Bankers Without Boundaries (‘BwB’), an innovator in finance, is a not-for-profit powered by former investment bankers to assist high impact projects that benefit the e...
Putting Retrofit Publications into Action with Barbara Lantschner
2021 has been the year of retrofit publications. We talk to Barbara Lantschner of John Gilbert Architects about their retrofit work and how they put these publications...
Embodied Carbon and the COP26 House
This week Rachael Owens, head of sustainability at BGY and coordinator at ACAN and Peter Smith of Beyond Zero Homes talk to us about all things embodied carbon and mov...
Fuel Poverty and a Just Transition with Alex Warren of The Wise Group
It's easy sometimes to forget the human element of fuel poverty, and whilst recent energy cost rises are an annoyance to the vast majority reading this post, they are ...