London Councils embraces strategic partnership and the challenges we faced retrofitting a 40-flat hostel
Local government joining forces to tackle environmental challenges more efficiently
We were delighted to show Isabelle Nest-Coleman and Jack Ostrofsky from London Councils around the Wave 1 SHDF Project, Southfields Court, that we retrofitted recently.
We were given the chance to talk about the challenges and the successes we faced undertaking the retrofit of a 40-flat hostel in partnership with London Borough of Waltham Forest, a Retrofit London lead borough.
With preparation of Wave 3 SHDF funding in progress, new ways to help overcome some of the challenges many projects faced in previous waves of funding are being addressed, from competitive funding and bid writing, slow procurement, narrow funding criteria and lack of incentive to innovate.
"Hearing this feedback across the boroughs incentivised us to coordinate a pan-London partnership to try and minimise these challenges and reduce the risk to boroughs of delivering retrofit."
Read more here about the work going on here:
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