Let’s scale high-quality, financeable home energy upgrades – together
Transform-ER is a bold new delivery model that reduces procurement friction, unlocks economies of scale, and ensures fair treatment and timely payment across supply chains. We use alliancing contracts to bring together suppliers, installers, and clients into collaborative, risk-sharing partnerships.
What this means for you
No more bidding repeatedly
Instead of bidding repeatedly for uncertain, poorly scoped projects, installers join a long-term supplier pool aligned around standardised archetypes, agreed kits-of-parts, and programmes that are designed before they hit site.
No more absorbing unexpected costs
We do the work you’re normally forced to absorb unpaid – including fixing client data, standardising designs, aligning resident engagement, and locking down scope and target cost up-front.
No more adversarial contracts
Delivery then happens through alliances, not adversarial contracts – meaning shared pain / gain, project bank accounts, faster decisions, and clear escalation routes that don’t disappear into client governance.
What this looks like
- fair access for SMEs and specialists
- space to introduce innovation and new components
- training and support on new systems
- and repeatable pipelines instead of stop-start work.
As programmes scale across multiple landlords, you deliver the same archetypes repeatedly, improving productivity, quality and margins.
In short: Transform-ER replaces one-off retrofit jobs with repeatable, well-designed programmes, where collaboration is rewarded and delivery risk is shared – not dumped downstream.
“We’re proud to support the Transform-ER concept – a collaborative approach to scaling retrofit that delivers predictable pipelines, fair partnerships, and finance-enabled solutions. By working together, we can cut procurement friction, unlock innovation, and accelerate the journey to net zero while improving homes and tackling fuel poverty.”
Current working practices across the sector — particularly within procurement — continue to present significant challenges. These pressures are felt by both Novus and our clients and can often impede progress. Transform‑ER’s alliancing model provides a valuable opportunity to collaborate with partners who share our strategic vision and values, enabling us to drive forward with greater alignment, efficiency and confidence.