Housing associations and local authorities are being urged to use retrofit procurement as a tool to create local jobs and address green skills shortage.

Building surveying students at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) are helping to tackle a real-world retrofit challenge through a long-running partnership led by lecturer Chris Keast, giving them practical experience of…

Hull College is to open a £5m green skills training centre to help meet growing demand for workers with expertise in low-carbon construction, retrofit and renewable energy. The college’s School…

Government aims to create a public register of approved insulation installers to clean up the scandal-hit retrofit market.

South & City College Birmingham (SCCB) has unveiled two purpose-built houses that will support students’ retrofit training.

The Warm Homes Plan is a major opportunity for the construction and retrofit sectors, but successful delivery will be jeopardised if key issues are not addressed, writes Stuart Fairlie.

A new training programme has been launched to promote green skills and support housing retrofit demand.

The UK government has launched its Warm Homes Plan as part of a £15bn investment to upgrade the nation’s homes and cut energy bills.

Poor-quality installations, weak government oversight and inadequate audit and monitoring have all contributed to failures in the Energy Company Obligation scheme.

Millions of tests performed in the UK over the last few decades to measure the energy efficiency of homes could have been returning wrong EPC grades, a paper by Leeds Beckett University researchers suggests.

A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community and social media.

Caroline Gumble reviews the highlights of a recent talk by a veteran CIOB member on the damp problems associated with retrofitting.

Mace said it won’t be using fossil fuel during the construction of what it calls one of London’s largest retrofit projects.

A tool that provides the analysis to establish targeted retrofit improvements has been launched following successful testing.

New publication aims to help address critical skills and knowledge gaps across the retrofit workforce

Key recommendations include expanding training provision and integrating retrofit skills into all construction courses

Bootcamps offer a flexible and effective solution to help tackle skills gaps across the retrofit sector

In the first of three pieces ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Ilaria Fazzini reflects on what’s driving BIM and digital construction in the UK. She is BIM coordinator at studioNWA and the Women in BIM regional lead for London.