RISE podcast
Episodes
Legal Considerations for Retrofit Projects
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Rubianka Winspear of Trowers & Hamlins LLP joins our host Sarah Daly, Associate Director, Turner & Townsend. They...
Embedding EDI in Retrofit, part two
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this second of our two part series exploring EDI in retrofit, our host Sarah Daly discusses the practical steps that can be taken to place greater ...
Embedding EDI in Retrofit, part one
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are three closely linked values that enable us to support the needs of different groups of people. In this p...
Engaging residents between funding announcements
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A resident-first approach to planning retrofit works is vital for the decarbonisation our social housing stock. Involving residents not only empower...
Building equality in social housing retrofit
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a pressing need to embed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) principles into the DNA of housing providers, as they offer transformative p...
Procurement in a hyperinflationary environment
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With inflation continuing to put pressure on the delivery of retrofit projects, how can social housing providers balance rapidly fluctuating costs to ...
Wave 2.2 with Selvin Brown
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, host Sarah Daly is joined by Selvin Brown, Director of Net Zero Domestic for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero a...
Heating technologies
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Choosing the right heating technology for homes can drastically reduce carbon emissions and decrease energy bills for tenants. In this episode of ...
TrustMark and the Data Warehouse
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mandatory for all government grant-funded programmes, TrustMark is the only government-endorsed quality scheme in the UK for retrofit. In this epis...
Retrofit from a contractor perspective
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With many social housing providers awarded funding in Wave 2 of the SHDF, and some now starting new working relationships with contractors to deliver ...
Clean heat solutions
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, host Sarah Daly is joined by Turner & Townsend's Alison Skillen to discuss low carbon heating. Listen as the t...
Social housing data and its many uses
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, host Sarah Daly from Turner & Townsend is joined by two guests – Richard Lupo, managing director of SHIFT Enviro...
Retrofit as regeneration
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Paul Quinn from Clarion Housing and Natalie Gardner from Turner & Townsend join host Sarah Daly to discuss the relationshi...
Sustainable and responsible procurement for retrofit
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally posted under the SHRA podcast series. In this episode of the podcast, host Sarah Daly from Turner & Townsend speaks t...
Nudging tenants towards energy efficiency
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, host Sarah Daly from Turner & Townsend's RISE team is joined by not one, but two special guests to discuss ten...
SHDF Wave 2.1 bid window launch with Caroline Withey from BEIS
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the day SHDF Wave 2.1 officially launched, Richard McWilliams of Turner & Townsend's SHRA team sits down with Caroline Withey, SHDF program...
Innovation in social housing retrofit
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sarah Daly of Turner & Townsend's RISE team, and Sam Stacey, challenge director - transforming construction at UKRI, discuss t...
Ambitions for Wave 2.1 with Selvin Brown MBE from BEIS
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of the podcast, Sarah Daly of Turner & Townsend's RISE team, welcomes Selvin Brown MBE, director of Net Zero Buildings...
BEIS reviews Wave 1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah Daly from the Turner & Townsend RISE team is joined by BEIS's Alison Skillen, technical support manager for the Social ...
Data analysis for large scale retrofit
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah Daly is joined by Stewart Little, CEO and founder of IRT Surveys, to discuss the role of data analysis in large scale retrofit....
Embedding social value and equality, diversity and inclusion in retrofit programmes
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sarah Daly of Turner & Townsend's RISE team, and Lydia Parnell, associate director and corporate responsibility lead at Turner...
Energiesprong and Passivhaus
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sarah Daly of Turner & Townsend's RISE team, Emily Braham from Energiesprong UK, and Jon Bootland from Passivhaus Trust discus...
Are you ready to mobilise?
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sarah Daly and Ben Bright from Turner & Townsend's RISE team discuss the mobilisation window for delivering housing retrofit p...
Applying best practice in supply chains to SHDF
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sarah Daly of Turner & Townsend's RISE team and Russell Smith, managing director of RetrofitWorks, discuss the challenges of s...
The benefits of a consortium approach to social housing retrofit
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah Daly and Bevan Jones of the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (now RISE) team at Turner & Townsend, informally discuss th...
Aligning SHDF with long-term retrofit objectives
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this session Sarah Daly of Turner & Townsend and Russell Smith, managing director of RetrofitWorks, focus on the alignment of SHDF with long-te...
How to approach a social housing retrofit programme
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, Sarah Daly of Turner & Townsend and David Pierpoint, CEO of The Retrofit Academy, discuss how to approach social housing retrofit...