About this opportunity

In the face of rising heating bills and carbon emissions targets, more and more homeowners want to embark on a whole house retrofit, or want to know that any building work they have done makes sense within a long-term energy strategy. Yet many struggle to find the expertise they need nearby.

Future Ready Homes is an Energy Redress Scheme funded initiative led by Marches Energy Agency. The project aims to help householders in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Powys make their homes warmer, healthier, and greener. Around 350 householders will be recruited and surveyed, creating a pipeline of retrofit work for local contractors.

If you meet the eligibility criteria (see below), you can apply for a 100% discount code on the course fee and your place will be funded by the Energy Redress Scheme.

About the training

Futureproof Essentials is a clear and concise introduction to all the key principles of sustainable construction – both retrofit and newbuild - to help builders and building professionals to get into retrofit and sustainable construction through a tried-and-tested course from The Green Register.

The training is online, you do it in your own time and we’ll supplement it with some face-to-face, hands-on sessions to put your learning into practice.

The full course fee is £299. This course is free with the Future Ready Homes Discount Code.

How to apply for the Future Ready Homes Discount Code

To benefit from this offer, you must:

• Be a contractor, tradesperson, architect, surveyor, building control officer, builders’ merchant, planner, retrofit assessor or any other construction professional
• Have a registered business or home address in Shropshire, Herefordshire or Powys
• Be passionate about sustainability and cutting carbon in homes
• Have a desire to learn and share your experiences with others
• Complete the course within 10 weeks of starting it.

Register your interest and apply for the discount code here.

We will review your application. Your data will be kept for future contact in the event of places filling up and becoming unavailable.

Help, I'm not eligible but I'd still like to do the course...

If you are not eligible for the discount code, please visit this page to find out more about paid places on this training.