Event Overview

The Government’s £15 billion Warm Homes Plan represents the largest home upgrade programme in British history, designed to upgrade millions of homes, reduce energy bills, tackle fuel poverty and accelerate decarbonisation.

Key funding streams driving immediate project delivery include:

• £5bn for low-income home upgrades, including insulation, heat pumps, solar and batteries

• £2.7bn through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, including grants of up to £7,500 per heat pump

• £2bn in low-cost loan support to remove upfront cost barriers

• £1.1bn for heat networks, including large-scale heat pumps and low-carbon heat sources

• £2.7bn via the Warm Homes Fund for innovative finance such as green mortgages

• £1.5bn in additional warm homes-related programmes

These are live funding pipelines, creating immediate demand for deployable solutions across public-sector housing, estates and infrastructure.

EPC Reform and the Home Energy Model:

Evolving reforms to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), with implementation timelines now shifting beyond 2026, represent a fundamental shift in how buildings are assessed, prioritised and upgraded.

Reforms include:

• Introduction of the Home Energy Model (HEM) to replace SAP

• Multiple performance metrics covering energy cost, carbon emissions and heat demand

• Greater emphasis on measured, real-world performance rather than modelled assumptions

• Stronger links between compliance, funding access and investment decisions

While implementation timelines are evolving, public-sector organisations are already planning and delivering projects now to prepare for more stringent, performance-based requirements.

This is driving demand for credible, scalable and performance-proven solutions across large and complex estates.

The Future Homes Standard:

The Future Homes Standard, expected from 2027, will directly shape public-sector housing delivery and regeneration programmes, with full requirements including the removal of gas connections and mandatory solar deployment coming into effect from 2028.

Key requirements include:

• Low-carbon heating as standard, including heat pumps and heat networks

• No new homes connected to the gas network

• Solar PV deployment as standard, typically covering a significant proportion of the roof space

• Higher fabric efficiency standards and improved building performance

• Stronger focus on long-term operational outcomes

These changes are already influencing design, procurement and delivery decisions today, particularly across housing providers, local authorities and large-scale development programmes.

A Clear Direction of Travel

Across the UK, the direction is now firmly established:

• Electrification of heat and transport

• Large-scale retrofit of existing buildings

• Expansion of on-site generation and decentralised energy systems

• Greater accountability for measured performance and carbon outcomes

For organisations operating in this space, the question is no longer if change is coming, but how quickly projects can be delivered and at what scale.

This conference sits at the centre of that transition, connecting those responsible for delivering projects with those providing the solutions to make them happen.

Who Attends?

Public Sector Delegates

Attendance is limited to pre-qualified senior decision-makers directly accountable for project delivery, including:

• Local authorities and combined authorities

• Central government departments and agencies

• NHS estates and healthcare infrastructure teams

• Housing associations and social housing providers

• Universities, colleges and education estates

• Transport bodies, infrastructure owners and operators

All delegates are responsible for live or imminent projects, typically within a 0–18-month delivery window.

Private Sector Participants

Participation is curated and selective, limited to organisations that can credibly support public sector decarbonisation, including:

• Building decarbonisation and retrofit specialists

• Low-carbon heat, heat networks and energy systems providers

• Digital buildings, controls, monitoring and optimisation platforms

• EV charging, transport and infrastructure solution providers

• Finance, funding and programme delivery organisations

This ensures relevance for delegates and meaningful engagement for partners.

Conference Programme Themes:

Session 1:

Decarbonising Cities, Regions and the Built Environment

This session focuses on building decarbonisation across domestic, commercial and industrial assets, from individual buildings to estate-wide and city-scale programmes.

Key areas include:

• Estate-wide decarbonisation planning and delivery

• Domestic, commercial and industrial building retrofit

• Smart cities, smart estates and building optimisation

• Energy efficiency, fabric performance and measured outcomes

• Decentralised energy systems, including heat networks and district heating

• Low-carbon heat, renewable energy and energy storage

• Funding alignment, compliance and long-term operational performance

Session 2:

Net Zero Transport, Infrastructure and Mobility

This session addresses the decarbonisation of transport systems and operational infrastructure, where delivery timelines are accelerating rapidly.

Focus areas include:

• Fleet electrification across cars, vans, buses, HGVs and specialist vehicles

• EV charging infrastructure for depots, estates and public-facing assets

• Energy systems supporting transport electrification

• Grid capacity, on-site generation and storage

• Low-carbon fuels and transitional solutions

• Infrastructure planning for ports, airports, rail and logistics hubs

• Funding, procurement and delivery models aligned with national targets

Session 3:

Overcoming Design, Construction and Retrofit Challenges with Innovative Decarbonisation Technologies

This session tackles the practical challenges of delivering net-zero projects across existing and new-build assets.

Topics include:

• Retrofit-first strategies for existing estates

• Closing the performance gap between design and operation

• Alignment with evolving EPC Reform and delivery risk: Low-carbon heat integration in complex buildings

• Modern methods of construction and retrofit at scale

• Digital design, modelling, controls and performance monitoring

• Technologies that deliver repeatable, fundable outcomes

Why Attend

1. Forge Strategic Public–Private Partnerships

A proven platform for forming partnerships between public sector project owners and delivery-ready private sector partners.

2. Discover Market-Ready Solutions

All solutions showcased are deployable now and aligned with current policy and funding priorities.

3. Overcome Barriers to Delivery

Address procurement, funding alignment, supply-chain capacity, performance risk and estate-wide delivery challenges.

4. Accelerate Project Delivery

Learn from real case studies focused on reducing cost, risk and delivery time.

5. Lead the UK’s Net Zero Transition

Support national objectives to cut emissions, reduce bills, tackle fuel poverty and deliver legally binding net-zero commitments.

A Curated Event Model That Delivers Results

This is a curated, not crowded conference designed for quality engagement:

• Pre-qualified public sector project owners

• A limited, relevant group of private sector partners

• Controlled speaking opportunities to maintain content quality

• High-value conversations with decision-makers accountable for delivery

Join Us

If you are responsible for delivering, funding or enabling net-zero projects across public-sector estates, housing, transport or infrastructure, the Net Zero Nations Projects Conference is where policy becomes projects and projects become delivery.

We look forward to welcoming you to London.