New Partnership Accelerating Retrofit Skills Across the UK

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has partnered with the Retrofit Academy to help RICS members develop critical retrofit skills.

At the heart of the partnership is access to UK Government-backed Warm Homes Skills funding, enabling RICS members to receive up to 80% funded training on two of the courses, including the Level 4 Retrofit Assessor qualification.

According to a 2025 UK Parliament Energy Security and Net Zero Committee report, around 29 million homes require retrofit work to meet the UK’s 2050 net zero targets. This work includes cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, and heat pump installations.

Luay Al-Khateeb, Director of the Future Innovation Hub at RICS, said: “There is enormous demand for retrofit skills as the UK looks to meet its net zero targets for 2050. Surveyors play a crucial role in this work to deliver it at scale with quality and consistency.

“Partnering with the Retrofit Academy to deliver this training to RICS members made perfect sense. RICS is working closely with organisations across industry to mitigate skills shortages and this skills delivery partnership is a cornerstone of this work.”

Accelerating Retrofit Skills

To further help support the acceleration of retrofit skills, a new resource has been published by the National Retrofit Hub exploring how place-based approaches to retrofit are being delivered on the ground, combining real-world examples with practical guidance.

Designed as a collaborative tool, it supports those working within local and combined authorities, as well as organisations operating at neighbourhood level, to understand how to initiate, shape and deliver place-based retrofit.

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