Group of people in the Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator posing in front of the camera with the backdrop of a wood-textured room and warm lights

What to expect?

The Beyond the Blueprint: Innovating Retrofit Together event on 23 January 2025 at The Royal Institution has now reached its registration capacity and is now accepting signups to a waitlist. This event is an opportunity to celebrate the transformative potential of Imperial‘s Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator, fostering a forward-looking conversation on scaling retrofit and positioning London as a beacon for climate innovation in the built environment. The event will feature keynote addresses covering the power of collaboration to deliver low carbon retrofit and support economic development in London and wider afield.

Agenda Highlights

Time 

Session 

Speaker 

14:15 

Welcome (Registrations open at 14:00)

Welcome by emcee, Shini Somara and Alyssa Gilbert, Director, Undaunted 

14:25 

Keynote 1: Green City, Green Growth: Scaling Retrofit for London’s Future 

Philip Graham – Executive Director, Good Growth, Greater London Authority 

14:40 

Keynote 2: Working Together to Accelerate Retrofit  

Rachael Owens, Co-Director, National Retrofit Hub 

14:55 

Panel discussion: Reimagining Retrofit: A Collaborative Approach 

How can we work together to develop and deliver the new solutions to get our existing buildings to net zero 
  • Dr Aleksandra Przydrozna, Associate Director (Consultancy), Mace 
  • Galia Chausheva, Project Manager – Net Zero, London Borough of Hounslow  
  • Rachael Owens, Co-Director, National Retrofit Hub  
  • Phillip Wilson, Associate & Sustainability Lead, Pascall +Watson 
  • Chair: Clare Lowe 

15:40 

Q&A 

 

15:55 

Break 

 

16:15 

Fireside chat: Beyond Carbon 

The power of low carbon retrofit to make buildings better for people. 
  • Dr Kate Simpson, Associate Professor, Centre for Sustainable Construction and Retrofit, Nottingham Trent University
  • Jacob Coburn, Knowledge Exchange Manager, Young Foundation
  • Madeleine Gabriel, Mission Director Sustainable Future, Nesta 
  • Moderated by Zahraa Essa, Research & Evaluation Officer – Climate Solutions, Undaunted

16:55 

Q&A 

 

17.05 

Close 

Alyssa Gilbert, Director, Undaunted 

17:10 

Networking until 19:00

 

Accessibility and other special arrangements

If you have any accessibility requirements for the venue including assistive technology required during the event, please specify them by writing to us at undaunted@imperial.ac.uk and we will do our best to accommodate.

In case you would like to disclose any dietary requirements, please share them with us in advance.

Partners behind the accelerator

Powered by Imperial College London, via Undaunted and Enterprise, the Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator is part of the Greater London Authority’s Better Futures programme, co-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Funded by UK Government

 

 

 

 

 

Support by Mayor of London

 

 

 

 

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Undaunted’s partners

Undaunted is a partnership between Imperial’s Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment and The Royal Institution.

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