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Retrofit as a movement for social change (there's more to it all than fabric and finance), with Dan Hill (Dark Matter Labs)
Retrofit as a movement for social change (there's more to it all than fabric and finance), with Dan Hill (Dark Matter Labs)
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73 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2024
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Podcast episode
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This week we're thinking about retrofit differently with Dan Hill from Dark Matter Labs. Or rather, we're talking about retrofit's potential to become a movement for social change.In reality, retrofit is about much more than fabric and economics, it's about people and how they live. With that in mind we should be thinking much more about engagement. This is itself a massive challenge because thinking about people properly, as the users of a building, requires a massive shift in how retrofit practice is organised and enacted. Dan has 25 years of experience from working in housing and planning in senior roles at housing associations, Newham Council, CICs, and in a bunch of other consultative roles.We really enjoy talking about these subjects with him because he has gifted us different ways to thinking about the sector, even when we're talking through familiar territory. So, listen up, eh? Notes from the showDan Hill on LinkedInThe Dark Matter Labs websiteThe 'People-First Retrofit' panel about the Energiesprong Comfort Plan research we did, held at Futurebuild 2024That story about the Tory Minister who thinks swimming in sewage is good actuallyThe Catalogue of Good Practices a hybrid green finance catalogue for the reconstruction of UkraineThe National Retrofit Hub websiteThe Civic Square websiteThe HEAL (Home Energy action Lab) Linktree page**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page (we still don't have a website)Jeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User ExperienceSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women (but not in a patronizing way)**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**
Released:
May 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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