The Prince's Mayday Network

The Start Living Retrofitting Alliance

Business in the Community in the North West is inviting businesses, the public sector and community groups to become part of a Retrofitting Alliance.  The Alliance will support and showcase the great results that are already being achieved in businesses and neighbourhoods, as well as providing a forum for sharing ideas, best practice and learning.

80% of buildings that will be in use of 2050 are already standing today.  In the North West, many of those buildings are old and there is a substantial social housing stock.  The upgrading of buildings and infrastructure will therefore be essential to ensure that we can all live and work sustainably in the future.

There is a lot of excellent work going on around the retrofitting agenda in the region. The alliance will work with, support and showcase innovative activities across businesses and neighborhoods in England’s North West. The purpose of the Alliance is not to create a new initiative but to help foster collaboration and shared learning.

 Twenty seven organisations have already signed up, committing to:

• Work collaboratively
• Share learning
• Develop beacons of best practice

The following organisations are founder members:

1. The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities
2. BAE Systems
3. Brother UK
4. Bruntwood
5. BT
6. Calico Housing Ltd
7. The Centre for Construction Innovation North West
8. The Domestic Energy Alliance
9. The Energy Saving Trust
10. Envirolink North West
11. Foundation
12. Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
13. Home Insulation Services
14. Just Ask Scarlett
15. Knowsley Housing Trust
16. Manchester City Council
17. Manchester City South Housing Trust
18. Manchester College
19. The Monastery, Manchester
20. Morrison
21. Places for People
22. The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
23. Styles and Wood
24. Trafford Housing
25. United Utilities
26. The University of Salford
27. Wates

Joining the Retrofitting Alliance demonstrates a commitment to:

• Work collaboratively
• Share learning
• Develop beacons of best practice

 The Alliance will:

• Develop and implement an action plan
• Create a library of case studies to share learning
• Showcase innovative examples in the North West and beyond

Next steps:

The Alliance was launched at the NW Start Civic Dinner in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales on 8 September 2010

• Case studies will be developed to showcase current innovative projects
• A collaborative action plan will be created over the next few months
• A programme of regular communications, events, etc will be developed (with details to be decided during the action planning phase)

For more information contact Gudrun Cartwright - Gudrun.Cartwright@bitc.org.uk or call 0161 2337772