Why attend?

AJ Retrofit Live 2025 marked the fourth year of bringing together over 350 architects, built environment professionals, clients, and policymakers to champion best practices in retrofit and the circular economy.

Throughout the day, we explored the transformational changes needed to upgrade the built environment in line with whole-life carbon principles.

Sessions covered a range of key topics central to the retrofit agenda, sparking meaningful dialogue and practical takeaways. In response to delegate feedback, the 2025 edition placed a stronger emphasis on case study-led content, offering in-depth insights into successful retrofit projects.

Highlights included:

  • Updates from past Retrofit & Reuse Awards winners on progress made since their recognition
  • A showcase of 20 vendors, innovators, and material suppliers supporting sustainable building practices
  • A diverse speaker lineup featuring leading voices from the UK and across Europe
  • A vibrant network of over 350 professionals united around a shared mission to drive retrofit forward

The event was hosted at The Brewery, a historic Grade II-listed venue on the site of Whitbread’s 18th-century brewery in East London. The venue reflected our commitment to sustainability, operating with waste minimisation strategies, carbon-neutral programs, and renewable energy sources.

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Attendees
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Speakers
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CPD hours
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Sponsors

Included in the ticket

  • 16 in-person sessions
  • CPD-accredited certification
  • Complimentary lunch & refreshments
  • Insights from 30+ industry leaders
  • Dedicated face-to-face networking time
  • Complimentary copy of The Architects’ Journal August issue

Why is CPD important?

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) accreditation helps to raise industry standards and benchmarks in line with increasing globalisation and consumer demands. Organisations from across industry sectors use CPD accreditation to add value to their training.

Architects

CPD is a huge part of the architectural industry, with professions such as Architects, Designers and Planners all required to undertake annual CPD requirements. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) states that all Chartered Architects must complete 35 CPD hours per annum and half of these need to be structured. Architects must also dedicate 20 hours to ten mandatory RIBA core curriculum topics, which include: health, safety and wellbeing, sustainable architecture and architecture for social purposes, to stay registered.

Construction & Building Maintenance Professionals

Construction is a fast-paced industry with technology continuously developing, and a need to keep the profession up-to-date on workplace changes and education for all professionals aligned with building and construction. This includes a wide range of professions such as home builders, commercial developers, architects, building merchants, contractors, and suppliers. Undertaking regular CPD is a requirement for a number of professional bodies, one such body is the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and their members are required to complete 35 hours of CPD each year. An organisation that can deliver CPD-accredited training is very desirable to ambitious industry professionals in this particular sector.

If you are collecting CPD hours, you can log 7 hours by attending AJ Retrofit Live.

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