27 million homes need to be retrofitted by 2050

EN:Able Communities is working with other organisations to support training in skills needed to support Efficiency North's membership of social housing providers to achieve their Net Zero targets.

The Retrofit Academy PAS compliant courses for EN members' staff

EN:Able Communities has enabled over 40 people to be trained in Retrofit compliance in 2023 through The Retrofit Academy PAS compliant courses:

• Retrofit Co-ordination and Risk Management Level 5
• Retrofit Assessor Level 4
• Retrofit Adviser Level 3
• Understanding Domestic Retrofit Level 2

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External Wall Insulation (EWI) upskilling

The first External Wall Insulation (EWI) short course in Yorkshire in partnership with Leeds College of Building and West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges, supported by INCA, NIA and SWIGA. 

A short unaccredited course which upskills plasterers with multiple skills required for rendering is being co-designed by Leeds College of Building, sector trade bodies, INCA, NIA and leading companies.  

Funded by the Department for Education through West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC), this is the first such course to be provided in Yorkshire.

Following delivery of this course, Leeds College of Building will develop a Level 3 qualification in Insulation and Building Treatment.