Thames Freeport’s Sustainable Construction Programme is uniting industry leaders to pioneer scalable approaches to green building and retrofit across Thurrock, Barking & Dagenham, and Havering.

Led by Rainmaking, alongside value partners  Ramboll, Energiesprong UK, BE-ST, Tallarna, and E.ON, the programme will work with industry towards a greener, more affordable built environment – that can be delivered at pace and create lasting impact for communities. Join us on Wednesday 12 November for the launch of the Thames Freeport Construction Lab to explore partnership opportunities and discover how we’re creating a regional ecosystem for greener homes.

• Keynote: Ruth Kelly, Chair of Thames Freeport
• Industry challenges & scaling innovation: Claire Racine – UK Head of Sustainability for Buildings, Ramboll
• Mass Timber Production: driving collaboration and scale: Douglas Morrison – Deputy Chief Executive, BE-ST
• Demonstration: Will Campion, Offgrid Works
• Energy Infrastructure: unlocking retrofit opportunities – Saurav Chaudhuri – Head of Innovation, EON
• Sustainable Construction programme: from innovation to impact – Daniel Avery – Director, Rainmaking
• Transform-ER Demonstrator insights & community impact – Emily Braham – Strategy & Operations Director, Energiesprong UK
• Demonstration: Ran Xiao, Planarific

Thames Freeport is a regional partnership connecting industry, innovation, and communities across Barking & Dagenham, Havering, and Thurrock. It acts as a platform for collaboration between business and local government—supporting new technologies, skills, and sustainable development programmes such as the Construction Lab and wider retrofit initiatives. tf-staging.d3v.run  East London and Essex are leading the next generation of sustainable construction — join the launch