Leading from the front: Driving sustainability through the retrofit agenda in the North-east of England

By Jordan Marshall2024-07-19T11:00:00

Source: Amy Threader

Our second Building the Future Think Tank regional roundtable for 2024 was held in Newcastle last month, with industry experts coming together to brainstorm ways to push forward retrofit in the North-east. Jordan Marshall reports

“Moving the retrofit agenda to scale is a big challenge – particularly for quality outcomes, and it just means some of the challenges are slightly more intense,” said Tom Jarman, director of Low Carbon Journey

Jarman was speaking at the Building the Future Think Tank’s second regional roundtable for 2024, which took place last month and focused on the role of the sector’s retrofit strategy, with a particular focus on the North-east of England.

From the start of last year, the Building the Future Commission was working to discover solutions and initiatives to improve the built environment. The commission published its final report earlier this year, but it has subsequently transitioned into the Building the Future Think Tank.
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