The NFA initially met with Energiesprong, a Dutch market development program for energy efficiency in buildings, in February 2014. This meeting was to explore the possibility of ALMO and NFA involvement in a retrofit project that they hoped to bring to England’s social housing stock. 

Further to the initial meeting five interested ALMOs met with EnergieSprong to explore the details of the project further. The NFA then supported an EU bid for funding via a partnership agreement to pilot the EnergieSprong model in the UK.  They also engaged with DECC (BEIS now), the GLA and the NHF.