{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Energy Canvas with Celtic Dynamics","title":"Ireland Retrofit Challenge Climate Tech","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2491,"description":"Ireland's retrofit challenge demands innovative solutions combining strategic planning, robust data management, and community-level support to achieve decarbonisation targets. \nXavier Dubuisson is the RetroKit founder with 30 years sustainable energy experience across Europe. He explains how climate tech platform uses BER data and duration certificates assessing housing performance whilst modelling upgrade scenarios calculating investment costs for financial planning.\nHe talks about why moving to Ireland in 2001 provided transformative opportunities developing renewable energy policies including Greener Homes Scheme and House of Tomorrow programme, and current barriers including affordability constraints, supply chain gaps, and political climate shifts threatening progress despite catastrophic climate change impacts already visible requiring maintained ambition and action.\nTHINGS WE SPOKE ABOUTRetroKit platform BER data strategic planningIreland career move transformative policy developmentClimate change urgency maintaining political ambitionSocial housing sector holistic quality designCommunity grassroots advisory trusted voice support\nGUEST DETAILS\nXavier Dubuisson is CEO of RetroKit, an energy engineer bringing more than 25 years of sustainable energy experience in Ireland and Belgium. He moved to Ireland in 2001 to work with SEAI at their Renewable Energy Information Office and has been deeply involved in driving the energy transition ever since. His mission is to scale up and digitise the retrofitting process across Ireland and the EU through strong passion for innovation towards energy and climate goals, sharing experience gained over years through development of digital tools.\nMORE INFORMATION\nThe Energy Canvas is brought to you by Celtic Dynamics, exploring the intersection of engineering innovation, sustainability, and business success in Ireland's evolving energy landscape. Each episode features conversations with industry leaders, researchers, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/EE1DSzgh7QouiwkZWNnr3IlhW-pODOTZWHht2GpycDI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNDJl/ZTlhYjcyNTI5Yjkx/NTk4MGRiZTA5OTYx/NTgwZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}