Turner & Townsend (T&T) has been appointed by the Greater London Authority (GLA) as the technical lead on a new national Retrofit centre of excellence.

The programme is being delivered by the Mayor of London and is backed by a £3.45million fund from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

From the Summer of 2021 social housing providers will be able to access the centre of excellence to gain technical support and guidance on how to retrofit their aging and energy inefficient housing stock in a way that cuts carbon emissions, reduces heating bills and improves the quality of life for residents.

-- Advertisement --

The announcement has been timed to allow registered providers to develop their plans to scale-up housing retrofit schemes ahead of the next round of the £160m Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.

The new centre of excellence comes as part of a package of measures being led by the GLA to accelerate investment and industry capability around retrofit as part of its drive to make London zero carbon by 2030.

An Innovation Partnership has been set up by the Mayor to create an expert body of supply chain partners to support housing providers with their retrofit projects. The UK-wide scheme, which has been designed and established with our support, has a potential value of £10 billion in retrofit works of which at least £5 billion is expected to be spent in London.