APSE Energy Event – London – Sustainable Futures: Local Action & Innovation

Tuesday 03 February 2026, 10:00am - 3:30pm

Broadway House, Westminster, London, SW1H 9NQ

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APSE Energy will be hosting an in-person event in London on Tuesday 3 February 2026.

The event will feature sessions focused on housing retrofit, community energy and carbon accounting, providing case study examples of innovative local authority approaches to delivering projects in these areas.

There will be lots to learn from the experience and expertise of the speakers, and discussion amongst delegates for anyone with responsibilities in terms of energy, climate change and service provision.

Confirmed speakers:

Cambridgeshire Energy Retrofit Partnership (CERP)

• Reducing fuel poverty through a 6-council collaboration
• Developing a retrofit framework to increase capacity
• Outcomes and future plans

Steph Salmon, Energy and Retrofit Manager, Cambridge City Council

Waverley’s social housing retrofit journey so far

• Understanding the scale of the challenge in Waverley
• Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.2: energy efficiency upgrades at 59 properties
• Scaling up ambitions for wave 3

Katie Reilly, Strategic Asset Manager, Waverley Borough Council

Innovative approaches to funding community resilience and decarbonisation

• What is the Hounslow Community Energy Fund? 
• Setting up a local authority green investment
• What has been funded so far and plans for the future

Steven Wilding, Head of Net Zero and Green Economy, London Borough of Hounslow

Working with local partners: The Bath & NES Community Energy Network

• Building a network of local partners
• The role of the Council in the network
• Our two-stage approach to supporting energy in our communities

Ellena Bryant, Project Manager for the BANES Community Energy Network, Bath & North East Somerset Council

Local Authorities and the Seventh Carbon Budget

• Where do local authorities fit into the delivery of the Seventh Carbon Budget?
• Emerging findings from the report
• Recommendations to government and local authorities

Dr Sandra Bogelein, Lead Analyst – People and Net Zero, Climate Change Committee

Local Carbon Oxford Project: developing a local alternative to traditional voluntary carbon markets

• What was the vision for LCOP and how did it evolve?
• Developing a bespoke methodology
• Key learnings and what could other authorities replicate?

Lucy Fairchild, Zero Carbon Community Engagement Officer, Oxford City Council

The role of sequestration in carbon reporting

• How is Hertfordshire approaching sequestration from green assets on council-owned land?
• Calculating the value of green assets;
• How could sequestration be included in future carbon reporting?

Helen Burridge, HCCSP Manager, Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

For further information about APSE Energy, please contact Phil Brennan, Head of APSE Energy on 0161 772 1810 or at [email protected] or James Jefferson, Principal Advisor at [email protected]