SPS hosts retrofit workshop: Retro-Fit for the Future

Our one day workshop on upgrading building performance in traditional buildings was held at Haughley Park Barn on Tuesday.

A full house of over 70 delegates was presented with an inspiring programme of speakers who looked broadly at retrofit, examining how to do it correctly, how to monitor completed retrofits and what can be shown to work over time.

We looked to history for how to live more comfortably in traditional buildings and delivered examples of cutting edge technological solutions and successful retrofit projects in different building types.

It was a fascinating day!

We are grateful to the Alfred Williams Trust and Historic England for their support and of course to our fantastic speakers: Dr. Robyn Pender; Oliver Smith; Hannah Wooller; Marion Baeli.

Our speakers:

Dr Robyn Pender; was Senior Building Conservation Advisor to the Historic Building Climate Adaptation Team at Historic England, and Member of Church of England Environmental working group. Robyn now has a consultancy Whethergauge Ltd where she deploys her very wide experience in the retrofit of historic fabric.

Oliver Smith, is Founding Director of 5th Studio with offices in Cambridge, London and Oxford. 5th Studio have significant retrofit experience of buildings of all types, including extensive retrofit work with historic and listed buildings, particularly at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Hannah Wooller of Matter of Place Architects. Hannah is Norfolk based and is a Technical Advisor to Norfolk County Council on historic building conversion/retrofit. She is undertaking an InnovateUK project with Norfolk CC to develop a Home Retrofit Toolkit that will help individuals understand the environmental efficiency of their home and provide guidance for how to retrofit effectively.

Marion Baeli is Principal – Sustainability Transformation at 10 Design. Marion is co-author of the CIBSE ‘Retrofit Revisit’ Report, supported by Innovate UK and Historic England, that investigates how ten housing projects of varying archetypes and locations are performing 10 years after their original retrofit.