This podcast episode draws on learnings from the Net Zero Living programme, and the recent publications of retrofit insights from the programme in Better Warmer Homes.

We hear about the learnings from Fife Council’s Net Zero Living programme which delivered a skills gap analysis for the region alongside a delivery plan to guide future skills development.

For this episode, Poppy Maltby, Head of Local Energy at Regen, is joined by:

• Kate Spalding from Fife Council’s Climate Change and Zero Waste Team.
• David Pierpoint, CEO of the Retrofit Academy.

Kate and David also reflect on challenges facing local retrofit supply chains, policies that can help overcome these challenges, and the opportunities that exist for local retrofit markets for delivering better, warmer homes.

You can find the Innovate UK page with more details here.

This episode explores the insights in community energy, including lessons from Essex’s new community interest company, to understand how local authorities and other stakeholders can support and grow the sector.

Local and community energy projects are a critical part of securing a just energy transition, ensuring all places can capitalise on the clean energy transition.

For this episode, Poppy Maltby, Associate Director at Regen, is joined by:

• Fraser Stewart, Great British Energy’s Head of Local Energy Strategy.
• Charlotte Norton, Associate Director within the Cities and Regions team at the Carbon Trust.
• Alex Templeton – From the Net Zero Living project in Essex, and Director of Community Infrastructure Group CIC.

You can find the Innovate UK page with more details here.