Smarter Buildings In Practice: What Works, What Pays, What's Next?

Join us for a panel discussion with expert speakers and local voices on how businesses can upgrade and future-proof their buildings. We’ll explore practical improvements for different types of properties, including older and listed buildings, whether you own or lease them. The session will also cover support and resources available from Green Economy. There’ll be time to network, share experiences and hear how other local organisations are getting started.

Local context and insight
A short, practical overview of what’s happening in Stockport and beyond, including the pressures facing business buildings and why upgrades and improvements are becoming increasingly important.

Expert panel discussion
Hear from specialists and local voices on how businesses can improve and upgrade their buildings. The panel will cover practical measures, lessons learned, and the realities of working with older and listed properties.

Practical support and funding
An overview of the support, advice, funding and grants available to help businesses make improvements, whether you’re just starting to explore options or ready to take action.

Networking and shared learning
Time before the event to connect with other local businesses, share experiences, and hear how others are approaching building improvements and upgrades.

- Business owners and occupiers

- SMEs, larger organisations and workspace providers

- Landlords and property managers

- Anyone responsible for business premises in Stockport

- Understand what’s changing and why it matters for your business

- Learn from others facing similar challenges

- Explore realistic, achievable improvements

- Find out what support is available locally

- Connect with businesses and organisations across Stockport

The meeting will take place at Regent House, hosted by Orbit Developments. If you can, help us reduce the climate impact of the event by walking, cycling, getting public transport or car sharing. The venue is a 10 minute walk from Stockport train station or a 5-10 minute walk from Stockport Interchange.

Address: Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, SK4 1BS

Regents House has lifts in place for any accessbility requirements.

The Climate Action Business Forum aims to support Stockport-based businesses on their journey to achieving net zero. It aims to take businesses beyond the initial stage of understanding climate change, towards actively addressing and implementing change within their organisations. The forum is open to all businesses, and sectors, creating an opportunity for those that are interested in making a difference to share best practice and access support from organisations such as the Green Economy, Business Growth Hub and the Carbon Literacy Project.

Join the LinkedIn group here.

Please get in touch with [email protected] if you have any questions about this event.

Green Economy provides end-to-end support to businesses as the UK transitions to net zero.

They help businesses to decarbonise with advice, training and support that delivers long term resilience, environmental credibility and financial savings.

Simultaneously they help to grow local green technologies and services businesses, increasing their visibility, improving their competitiveness and providing access to new sales opportunities.

By supporting the entire green supply chain we aim to deliver an equitable net zero transition, working with local government and combined authorities to implement business support that simplifies the business path to net zero, whilst removing barriers linked to slow or low adoption of green technologies.

Please note that this event is a partnership between the Climate Action Business Forum and Green Economy and the information you use to sign up will be shared with both organisations for monitoring purposes.

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