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Retrofit Today briefing: Friday 13 November 2026
Three stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Birmingham clean energy jobs fair draws 400 as mayor ties growth to retrofit programme
More than 400 young people met employers including National Grid, Centrica and Octopus Energy at the third government Clean Energy Jobs Fair, as the West Midlands mayor linked job growth to home energy upgrades.
Elmhurst receives confirmed Home Energy Model methodology for existing homes
The accreditation body said the methodology, which it calls HEMIE, sets out how existing homes will be assessed under the EPC framework replacing RdSAP, with half-hourly modelling and new data inputs.
Clean electrification roadmap pins 2030 heat pump target to loans, grants and new build rules
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's roadmap restates the 450,000-a-year heat pump ambition and ties it to the Warm Homes Loan Scheme, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, rental standards and the Future Homes Standard.
This week
UK Passivhaus Conference
Takes place on Wednesday 18 November.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Retrofit Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.