Mar 2024: Harry spoke about RAFT's engagement programmes and upcoming endeavours at Futurebuild 2024 alongside Duncan Baker-Brown and Rachael Owens. We were excited to attend insightful talks & workshops by the Architects Climate Action Network and connect with groups at the forefront of retrofit upscaling such as the National Retrofit Hub.
Futurebuild 2024
Sep 2023: Meylan & Matthew presented RAFT’s more recent work at Retrofit Reimagined 2023, hosted by Civic Square at the Building Centre in London.
Passivhaus Trust Awards
July 2023: We were delighted to be awarded the UK Passivhaus Award 2023 in the Residential Retrofit Category for our Bowman’s Lea EnerPHit retrofit project in Lewisham.
Jan 2023: We were excited to be shortlisted for the 2023 MacEwen awards for our Lewisham Zero Carbon Schools Projects, which was recognised for serving environmental and education agendas by the judges.
Sep 2022: RAFT featured in the article ‘National Emergency Retrofit Response’ Needed For UK Schools’, in response to the urgent need to help heat schools, as a result of historical underfunding and recent increases in energy costs. Harry joined the Advisory board of Let’s Go Zero in November 2023.
Jan 2023: RAFT featured in the advice section for schools on the National Education Union website. The webpage is a brilliant resource for schools to enable them to understand and start the retrofitting process.
Aug 2022: Nidhi spoke at the retrofit reimagined festival in Birmingham. She shared her knowledge and experience with local communities and schools to combat climate change and deliver low energy buildings.
AJ Climate Champions
Mar 2021: Harry talked to Hattie Hartman about setting up RAFT and the role of involving children and communities in the retrofit process.
Feb 2021: RAFT won both the judges and the people’s prize for the Alliance for Sustainable Building Projects in 2021 in recognition of RAFT’s work retrofitting schools.
