Futurebuild

At Futurebuild you can see lower-carbon building, retrofit and net zero products from over 500 brands and earn CPD from a free knowledge programme, all in three days at Excel London. Futurebuild is a built environment exhibition and CPD-accredited knowledge programme run by Media 10, filling Halls N1, N3 and N4, and its subject is lower-carbon building, retrofit and the route to net zero. The organiser says more than 20,700 built environment professionals attend. It sits within the construction and built environment calendar and shares the venue with UK Construction Week London and The Stone & Surfaces Show, an arrangement the organiser calls the Built Environment Super Event.

Futurebuild 2027 dates and opening times

Day	Opening hours
Tuesday 11 May 2027	10:00 to 17:00
Wednesday 12 May 2027	10:00 to 17:00
Thursday 13 May 2027	10:00 to 16:00

You pay nothing to get in, and your visitor ticket covers every seminar, networking event and feature area across the three days. The VIP Lounge is open only to holders of a VIP badge. Visitor registration for 2027 has not opened yet, and the show is taking expressions of interest instead. Once registered, you receive a badge voucher by email to show on your phone at the door, and on-site registration is also possible. Students aged 18 and over may attend through a separate application, with a limited number of student passes. As Futurebuild runs alongside two partner shows, you may want to read what a co-located ticket covers.

Who you will meet

You can meet the whole supply chain in one place, as the organiser describes it: architects, engineers, contractors, developers, local authorities and manufacturers, with housing associations and policymakers also named. By its figures, 76% come to see new products, 75% for the CPD-accredited content and 60% to find new suppliers or meet existing ones. Firms it lists among visitors include AECOM, Arup, Foster + Partners, Mace, Skanska, Sir Robert McAlpine and Zaha Hadid Architects.

Free talks in the knowledge programme

You can hear more than 550 speakers across two conference arenas and three seminar stages without paying or booking, with content shaped by over 90 partners, according to the programme page. All sessions are first come, first served. At the 2026 edition:

• The Futurebuild Arena, the headline stage, was curated by The Edge with Mitsubishi Electric as sponsor and themed on resilience, reuse and regenerative design.
• The National Retrofit Conference, curated by The Retrofit Academy and sponsored by Guildmore, looked at delivering the Warm Homes agenda.
• The Buildings and Materials Stage, sponsored by Holcim, covered design, materials and specification.
• The Energy Stage, sponsored by Allume Energy, covered decentralised generation, storage, heat networks and other low-carbon technology.
• The Placemaking Stage addressed urban design, planning and community.

If you missed them, sessions from 2026, with slides, can be watched or heard on demand at no charge.

Exhibitors and show history

You will find exhibitors such as the Chartered Institute of Building, Saint-Gobain UK, Dimplex, Billi UK, Qvantum UK, Agreka Build and Switchable Insulation Innovations, all quoted on the official site. The 2026 show was the first held jointly with UK Construction Week, which the organiser describes as the built environment’s first Super Event, and it reports that combined visitor numbers across the three events doubled on the previous year. Between shows, you can stay in touch through the Connect365 programme of webinars and podcasts, a weekly newsletter and a podcast hosted by event director Martin Hurn.

Exhibiting

As an exhibitor you can reach a hosted VIP buyer programme that the organiser says brings over 1,000 senior guests from contractors, developers and other stakeholders. You book stand space through an enquiry form, after which the sales team suggests a stand option, and a 2027 sales brochure is available to download. If you are new to exhibiting and weighing stand types, read shell scheme or space only.

Other construction shows at Excel London

You can plan further visits to the same venue. London Build Expo and the National Civils Show open at Excel London on 25 November 2026, and the Smart Buildings Show follows from 23 June 2027. More dates are on our London trade show page.

Getting there

You can reach Excel London by the Elizabeth line, the Underground and buses, and you enter by the Custom House entrance. If you drive, the show advises booking paid parking ahead. A cloakroom stores your coats and bags free during show hours, though not overnight.

Source: futurebuild.co.uk, futurebuild.co.uk/visits, futurebuild.co.uk/faqs, futurebuild.co.uk/knowledge-programme-2026