Greening Existing Housing
“If we retrofit 4,000 homes per week, it would give us 30 years worth of work. If you choose to seize it, this is one of the biggest opportunities for architects that we’ve seen in this country for a very long time.”
Are you looking for work in new areas?
Attend Greening Existing Housing to:
- Find out how much work is available in retrofitting existing homes and how much profit this could mean for you
- Discover how local authorities intend to refurbish their housing stock
- Develop solutions to upgrade different types of residential building
- Identify products to use in sustainable refurbishment of housing
- Network with local authorities, RSLs, contractors, developers, engineers and architects
Announcing Pre-Conference Workshop!
Get more from your conference experience by attending our Pre-conference Seminar
Green Homes Refurbishment in Practise
6th September 2010, London
Identify upcoming green refurbishment developments and explore new projects at the BRE Innovation Park
Click here to view the programme
Testimonials from past refurb and housing events
“Diverse and informative” – O. Weal, Carden and Godfrey Architects
“Educative” – I. Haruna, Multi-Systems Consultants
“It is a superb opportunity to find out the latest theories that are being put into practice” – R. Arthur, Chapman Taylor
“Highly informative with some exciting case studies” - C Lamb, BRE
Did you know?
- 7 million existing homes need retrofitting by 2020 according to the DECC Warm Homes, Green Homes strategy (March 2010)
- To achieve this, we need to do 13,000 retrofits each week
- Upgrading existing homes is worth £500 million to the construction industry over the coming 20-30 years
- Homes create 27% of the UK’s total carbon emissions
- 70% of the existing homes which need refurbishing are privately owned
