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Retro Expo – Essential to UK Low Carbon Market
A new three-day exhibition and conference taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from Tuesday 30 October – Thursday 1 November 2012, will focus on the most decisive ways to deliver the UK’s energy efficient future and fully understand The Green Deal.
Retro Expo will provide an essential guide to the technologies, products and services that can help the construction and refurbishment industry deliver low carbon retrofit projects for less money, less disruption but with more quality and more visual impact.
Comprising five dynamic core elements – an exhibition of retrofit innovation, The Green Deal Summit, the Retro Expo Awards, Retrofit Buyers Forum and Retrofit Knowledge Hubs – Retro Expo is supported by a range of key industry bodies and delivered in partnership with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and BRE. Dedicated to the low carbon boost of existing buildings in the domestic, commercial and public sector markets, Retro Expo will bring together thousands of professionals from across the retrofit supply chain, from Green Deal Providers, RSLs, Local Authorities, Housing Associations and blue chip occupiers and landlords to specifiers, assessors and installers.
Retro Expo will also feature the flagship Green Deal Summit. The definitive strategic conference on The Green Deal, delivered in partnership with DECC and BRE. Bringing together leaders from across the value chain, from clients to installers, the Summit will address key issues such as finance, generating demand, ensuring high standards of workmanship and achieving affordable technological solutions. For the first time ever all of the UK’s leading city councils – Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and Greater London Authority – will be coming together on this national platform to talk about their retrofit plans.
The Green Deal Summit The definitive conference on The Green Deal aimed at senior-level stakeholders from across the refurbishment value chain. Entrance to The Green Deal Summit is subject to a delegate fee, but Summit delegates have free access
to the exhibition. Delegates can buy individual modules, multiple modules or a pass for the entire Summit. The Green Deal Summit will comprise seven modules which can be purchased by delegates individually or in any combination up to and including a full conference pass. Delegate prices range from £75 to £289.00 + VAT per person. For more information visit: www.greendealsummit.co.uk
Retro Expo – major industry names on show The exhibition element will showcase energy efficient products and services for retrofit in the domestic, commercial and public sector markets. The exhibition will feature more than 150 exhibitors, including leading names such as Travis Perkins, SIG, Knauf, Polypipe, Ideal Heating, Vokera, Technology Strategy Board, NICEIC, and Intergas. As well as the technology providers, a range of Green Deal stakeholders will be represented including MCS, Gemserv, BRE, National Refurbishment Centre and a range of Green Deal Providers.
Knowledge Hubs The exhibition floor also plays host to four free of charge seminar and demonstration areas. They offer something for everyone, with Technical Masterclasses on Building Services and Building Fabric, the Technology Strategy Board’s Retrofit Case Studies Hub whilst The Retrofit Journeys Hub will help all professionals to find their niche in The Green Deal. For more information visit: www.retro-expo.co.uk/ whats-on/seminar-programmes
Retrofit Buyers Forum Designed to connect large-scale buyers of goods and services under The Green Deal with manufacturers and service suppliers. The Forum will provide diarised appointments for over 100 buyers in one-to-one meetings.
Buyers will be from main contractors, local authorities, registered social landlords, specifiers, commercial clients and end users, as well as merchants and Green Deal Providers. For more information visit: www.retrofit-buyers.co.uk
Retro Expo Awards The Retro Expo Awards recognise excellence in retrofit products, projects and people across the domestic, commercial and public sector markets. The launch of The Green Deal promises much for the retrofit market, but it is already an established and thriving market in its own right worth £32 billion per year in the UK alone. With finance tight and the newbuild sector struggling, retrofit is both a means of maintaining asset value and supporting organisational sustainability priorities, as well as enhancing the building user’s experience and achieving carbon reduction targets.
The awards will recognise and celebrate excellence in all stages of the retrofit process. From large scale retrofit procurement to enabling technologies, real-world projects and R&D trials, no other awards event will bring together the dynamic retrofit.
There are 12 Award categories in total, which will be judged by an expert, independent panel of members of the Retro Expo Editorial Board. Winners will be announced at The Retro Expo Award ceremony taking place on 31 October 2012 at The NEC, Birmingham. For more details on how to enter or book tickets and a table for this fantastic evening of celebration – visit www.retroexpoawards.co.uk
Retro Expo will take place at the Birmingham NEC from 30th October – 1st November 2012. For more information and to pre-register visit: www.retro-expo.co.uk