Building a Manifesto for Change: Energy, Retrofit & EPCs
Talk series: Building a Manifesto for Change
Across four sessions, we will explore key climate challenges facing the built environment, sharing bold ideas, uncovering barriers to progress and shaping our Manifesto for Change.
Episode 2: Energy, Retrofit & EPCs
The UK’s built environment is sleepwalking into failure, with over 80% of buildings already falling short of 2030 EPC targets.
The UK Government has committed to improving the energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales, with a target for all buildings to achieve EPC Band C by 2030. For non-domestic buildings, the ambition is EPC Band B.
Yet research shows London is retrofitting homes ten times too slowly to meet the Mayor’s 2030 net zero target, and the skills gap is still widening. With the Government’s 2026 consultation still pending, the question remains: what bold changes are needed to deliver retrofit at the scale required?
Our Love Retrofit initiative is about understanding how we can support government in accelerating the upgrade of our building stock, making the nation more resilient to rising energy demands, cutting reliance on fossil fuels, and improving the lives of the people who live and work in these spaces.
We will be joined by Kasang (Ksquared), Jon (Feldberg Capital), and Tony (Love Retrofit Lead). Together, we will ask:
Should the priority be hitting government energy targets, or creating healthy, comfortable places to live and work?
Should landlords who fail to retrofit loose rental rights?
Is the EPC system broken, or simply the best imperfect tool we have?
Should the focus be on net zero, lowering energy bills, or cutting our reliance on fossil fuels - what really matters most to people?
What single change, policy, funding, or behaviour, would put the UK back on track to meet targets?
This conversation will help shape our 2026 Manifesto for Change, a provocation to the industry and a roadmap for collective action.
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