Retrofit for the Future
Welcome
John Liddle
Director
Sustainable Construction iNet
iNet Aims & Objectives
• Fostering construction SMEs to
success through innovation
• Supporting construction businesses
through recession
• Priming industry for the recovery
• Incubating technologies to meet
regulatory changes
• Leading the UK in sustainable
construction
The iNet Team
Dr John Liddle
Charles Meynell
Warren Pope
Barrie Billinghay
Nawal Arshad
Andrea Wingrove
Innovation Support Grants
• Help for SMEs who want to Innovate
– New technologies
– New systems
– New products
• 7 projects under way
– Technical support
– Market information
• Up to 40 available this year
Higher Education Collaboration Grants
• Forming new partnerships to improve
Regional performance
– Linking in SMEs, other business, public
sector
– Leveraging much bigger projects
• Two projects under way
– DeMontfort & Nottingham Trent
– SHINE – Nottingham, Loughborough and
Northampton
• We want to catalyse 6 more projects
this year
Events Programme
• 2009 programme
– Events to inform, to network and to train
– You can help set the agenda!
Our part in Retrofit for the Future
• Retrofit is one of our key themes
• We encourage companies to engage
• We can identify academic and company
partners based on our company visits,
ISF and HECF projects
• Our events programme offers
dissemination opportunities
• We will continue to offer support for
retrofit developments beyond the current
TSB call
Talk to us!
• Here today
• 01604 892327
•
[email address]
•
www.eminnovation.org.uk/construction
