Registration for Futurebuild 2026 is now open!
Taking place on 3-5 March 2026 at Excel, London, the 21st edition of the UK’s most impactful built environment event brings together thousands of specifiers, decision-makers and innovators. Built around this year’s theme of Connect, it’s your opportunity to discover breakthrough solutions, meet key partners and turn sustainability ambition into real-world action.
Register today for a free ticket and start connecting with the built environment.
5 reasons you can’t afford to miss Futurebuild 2026
#1. Retrofit made clearer
Retrofit is now the biggest challenge facing UK housing and construction. Futurebuild brings clarity with the National Retrofit Conference, curated by The Retrofit Academy, featuring speakers from DESNZ, Greater Manchester, London and Bristol Councils, plus the Green Finance Institute, RICS and more. Get the insight you need to deliver retrofit right, at scale and with confidence.
*Full programme coming soon.
#2. Resilience, Regenerative Design and Reuse explained
The Arena Conference tackles the issues shaping tomorrow’s projects: reuse, circularity, regenerative design and resilience. Across three days, hear from leading voices at RIBA, UKGBC, IStructE, ICE, Architects Declare and the Circular Economy Taskforce, plus Pritzker Prize winner Anne Lacaton. Access 133 hours of CPD content over 3 days.
*Full programme coming soon.
#3. Meet public sector decision-makers
The new Public Sector Pavilion brings together the organisations shaping the UK’s retrofit and regeneration programmes. Already confirmed to attend: Historic England, GLA, Homes England, Brighton & Hove, Surrey, Cambridge, Bradford, Hackney and Reading Councils and more. Understand their priorities and upcoming projects.
#4. Explore Zero Waste
Futurebuild 2026 continues to push boundaries in circularity and waste reduction. Learn from experts and explore pioneering solutions that eliminate waste throughout the lifecycle from design and specification to installation and end-of-life. Zero Waste highlights the future of circular, low-impact innovation. If circularity matters to your projects, this is unmissable.
#5. Innovation that accelerates performance
Futurebuild hosts more than 400 pioneering brands, plus two major innovation competitions:
- The Big Innovation Pitch
- The Big Retrofit Challenge 2.0 (in partnership with Innovate UK & NHDG)
- Follow the Innovation Trail to see the breakthrough products and systems that will define specification in the future.