Panel discussion: Scaling building retrofits: driving delivery, data accuracy and performance assurance

Buildings represent one of the largest and most complex decarbonisation challenges for cities. This session explores how local authorities can scale retrofit delivery by improving data quality, strengthening supply chains and adopting digital tools that verify performance. It will delve into delivery models that align procurement, contractors and monitoring frameworks across neighbourhoods, helping cities accelerate upgrades while ensuring energy savings are real, measurable and long-lasting. 

Key talking points: 

• In the world of retrofit you can bring this into people’s living room 
• The balance of using emissions data, digital twins and AI to target buildings and prioritise investment 
• Strengthening supply chains, workforce training and financing models to support sustained retrofit acceleration bring these two together C– what can administrations do to improve the coordinating contractors, procurement frameworks and delivery partners at district scale
• Place based retrofit 
• The gap between what is being delivered and what is being measured: Applying digital verification and remote monitoring to ensure performance and protect outcomes 
• Measuring outcomes and impact evaluations – what we are measuring have to be right
• Addressing the lack of clear direction vertically and horizontally. Underfunded and demands growing- lack of willingness to model trust and take calculated risk. Working with trusted local actors that can help, procurement hurdles/prou
• National need to build capacity where needed 
• Chasm between authorities – how do we do retrofit at the different polarities of 
• Retrofit and decarbonisation happen to people – how to help make this mission relate to their lives – innovation in thinking and – feedback loops – what are the sticky things we need to work through 
• Finding delivery partner in decarbonisation
• Where is the right place to start from
• LARA programme: retrofit system solution – closing the gaps and unearthing the good stuff happening in your city 
• What is the information of communication and partnership needed to drive forward retrofit activity, build a body of evidence to drive support at national, municipal and community level 
• Sustaining that agenda along
• Achieving possibility: Blending funding to drive greater innovation – what magic could happen?