Summary
With the UK government’s Warm Homes Plan now officially announced, energy efficiency and retrofit policy are back at the top of the national agenda. The plan sets out up to £15 billion of public investment over this parliament to upgrade up to five million homes, cut energy bills, tackle fuel poverty and support net zero goals by promoting solar panels, heat pumps and low-carbon technologies with a mix of grants and new low or zero interest loans.
This webinar, the first in a series supported by Knauf Energy Solutions, will be chaired by Professor David Glew, Director of the Leeds Sustainability Institute and a board member of the Good Homes Alliance, and will look at how Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) methods are essential to turning policy ambition into real benefits for households and for climate outcomes.
Professor Glew will be joined by Barry Lynham from Knauf Energy Solutions who will present on Knauf’s SMETERS work, showing how smart metering and monitoring data can help build the evidence base needed to improve retrofit quality and ensure delivered performance matches design expectations.
This session will be especially relevant for local authorities, housing providers, designers, contractors and retrofit practitioners who are interested in practical pathways to delivering the Warm Homes Plan’s objectives.
Further speakers to be announced shortly.
Key details
- Date: Tuesday 24th February 2026
- Time: 14:00-15:30
- Location: Online
Registration
- Free for GHA/BPN members
- £20 general admittance
With thanks to our Knowledge Partner Knauf Energy Solutions for supporting our 2026 BPE Webinar Series