Great British Refurb: Presentations

Introduction to the Great British Refurb

• David Kidney, MP, Department for Energy and Climate Change
  
  
• Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the Future

Session 1: Hitting the ground running

• Making the Government's pledges for domestic energy saving work - what are the next steps?
  Phil Wynn Owen, Department for Energy and Climate Change
  
  
• Homes and communities offer the biggest possible savings: how do we make 40% energy savings by 2020?
  John Fiennes, Department of Communities and Local Governments

Session 2: Learning by doing

• Germany's commitment to retrofit - current German strategy for energy efficiency in buildings
  Dietmar Menzer, German Federal Ministry of Housing
  
  
• Can the UK catch up with Germany?
  Mike Reardon, Greater Manchester Environment Commission

Session 3: Break-out workshops

Workshop 1: How can we develop skills and the supply chain to deliver?

• Lizzie Chatterjee, Department for Energy and Climate Change
  
  
• Brian Berry, Federation of Master Builders
  
  
• Gavin Killip, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University
  
  
• John Doggart, Old Homes Superhomes
  
  
• Dietmar Menzer, Federal Ministry of Housing, Germany

Workshop 2: Paying for the Great British Refurb

• Ruth Heller, Department for Energy and Climate Change
  
  
• Gil Levy, Special Opportunities Sustainable Development Capital LLP
  
  
• David Adams, Knauf
  
  
• Markus Schönborn, KFW, Germany

Workshop 3: Retrofitting in practice

• Gavin Purchas, Department for Energy and Climate Change
  
  
• Charlie Baker, Urbed
  
  
• Paul Ruyssevelt, Camco
  
  
• Abigail Burridge, Local Government Association
  
  
• Tobias Timm, proKlima
  
  

Session 4: Retrofitting communities

• How Germany delivers
  Tobias Timm, proKlima
  
  
• Saving energy in the round - tackling all aspects of community infrastructure
  Helen Eveleigh, Sustainable Development Commission

Session 5: Tipping points

• The challenge of energy efficiency?
  Trevor Beattie, Homes and Communities Agency
  
  
• Germany's pot of gold - paying for retrofit
  Markus Schönborn, KfW

Session 6: Round up - top ideas

• How can we move forward?
  
  
• Top actions from workshop
  
  
• Break through ideas from participants