Can you prove your homes are performing better?

We can access more information than ever without leaving our desks. Webinars, LinkedIn, online meetings and industry publications make it easy to keep up with developments across the built environment.

But sometimes, being in the room matters.

On 17 September at the University of Nottingham, Measure Up 2026: Delivering the Promise will bring together people from across housing, retrofit, construction and building performance to share knowledge, challenge thinking and discuss a fundamental question:

And increasingly, there's another important question:

For anyone responsible for delivering, owning or improving buildings, there are some compelling reasons to join us.

Agenda

The agenda covers everything from airtightness and U-values to thermal performance, policy, BS40101, new-build housing and retrofit.

Rather than looking at building performance through a single lens, the conference gives attendees an opportunity to understand how these pieces fit together.

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One of the most important opportunities created by measurement is the ability to close the loop.

Traditionally, success can be measured by outputs: how many homes were retrofitted, how much insulation was installed or whether a project met its specification.

But completing work and achieving performance aren't necessarily the same thing.

Objective measurement provides an opportunity to verify the outcome.

For housing providers and asset owners, answering these questions can help protect investment. It can also provide valuable feedback to designers, contractors and delivery teams, helping improve the next project.

Over time, this creates a cycle of measure, learn, improve and verify, rather than simply assuming that specifying an intervention guarantees the desired result.

• Take ideas back to your projects
• See where policy and practice are heading
• Have the conversations you don't get from a webinar
• Build relationships, not just contacts

Who should attend Measure Up 2026?

Measure Up isn't only for building performance specialists.

If you have a role in designing, building, assessing, improving, commissioning, managing or investing in buildings, there will be something relevant to your work.

That includes:

• Social housing providers and local authorities
• Retrofit assessors and coordinators
• Architects and designers
• M&E and building services consultants
• Developers and housebuilders
• Building surveyors and snagging companies
• Energy assessors
• Contractors and consultants
• Asset and sustainability teams
• Policymakers and researchers

Different disciplines may approach building performance from different directions, but ultimately we're working towards the same outcome: buildings that perform better for the people who use them, while making smarter use of the money available to improve them.

Better buildings shouldn't just be promised. They should be proven.

Find out more and sign up today