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Big industry names back AJ’s RetroFirst campaign
The RIBA, UK Green Building Council and TCPA among the latest signatories to come on board
RetroFirst
RetroFirst is an AJ campaign to prioritise retrofit over demolition and rebuild. Hundreds of architecture practices, organisations and individuals have declared their support for our campaign
Introducing RetroFirst: a new AJ campaign championing reuse in the built environment
Amid the escalating climate crisis, Will Hurst introduces the AJ’s campaign to prioritise retrofitting existing buildings over demolition and rebuild
Join our RetroFirst campaign to make retrofit the default choice
With construction gobbling up resources at a phenomenal rate, retrofitting existing buildings needs to become the default option, writes Emily Booth