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July 2nd, 2010
Midday-5pm, next Saturday 10th July, the Carbon Red Bus will be pulling up at the Green Side of Moss Side festival. In its second year, this festival will be bringing all kinds of fun activities connected to sustainability to South Manchester.
The Carbon Co-op Bus will be showcasing lots of low carbon technologies for the home and we’ll also be giving away some free energy monitors.
For those who know it the festival will be on Edith Avenue. See you there!
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June 8th, 2010
Save energy – cut bills – help the environment
In March 2010 The Carbon Co-op launched its Moss Side project with the Carbon Co-op Manual offering advice on saving energy in the home. Now we’re inviting you to take the next steps by joining us for a free workshop and tour of local green projects.
*Moss Side Carbon Co-op workshop*
6pm-8pm, Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Greenheys Centre, Gt Western Street, Moss Side
How do you use electricity and gas in your home?
What simple ways are there to save energy and cuts bills?
How might local people club together to make savings cheaply and simply?
Come along to this free workshop to pick up some practical hints and tips and share
experiences with other Moss Side residents.
Arrive 5.30pm for complimentary food and refreshment
*The Big Red Bus Tour of Green Projects*
Midday-4pm, Saturday 19th June 2010
- See energy saving projects up close
- Meet people who have transformed their houses and hear how they did it
- See renewable energy projects from the top deck of a red London bus!
Departs midday from Greenheys Centre, Great Western Street, Moss Side, returns 4pm.
Complimentary food and refreshments available
Book spaces
Both events are FREE! To book a space on the workshop or the Big Red Bus tour call 0161 408 6492 or email info@carbon.coop
In collaboration with Great Western Street Residents Association and Peace FM.
Supported by Manchester City Council’s Manchester Carbon Innovation Fund
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June 2nd, 2010
The Carbon Co-op is currently taking part in an action research project run by NESTA looking at how we can better replicate and diffuse community-led responses to climate change. It’s a great group including people from the Isle of Eigg, Eden Project, Transition Towns and Brecon Beacons. It’s been really interesting and informing to see how other grassroots organisations and communities are innovating and leading the way on tackling issues such as climate change and energy security. Watch this space for more information…
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April 9th, 2010
This offer has been re-opened.
Get in touch if you live in Manchester* and want to receive one of the 150 next generation internet-enabled, SMARTER energy meters we’re giving away free of charge.
They enable you to monitor your energy usage and you can also log on to a personalised web page and measure your performance against other people’s. These monitors are a great way of identifying how much energy you use and finding ways of saving money and reducing carbon emissions.
Installation
The monitors are really simple to install, just clip them around your existing meter cable – no need for wires or messing with the fuse board. You then link the monitor up to the internet using your broadband router using a cable provided.
Compare data
Then it’s just a case of logging on to our SMARTER website and you get an instant reading showing how much energy you’re using including the cost. You also get graphs showing your performances over the last few days, weeks or months which you can compare against other people in your area or around Manchester (all data is anonymised).
To receive a free SMARTER monitor just email us at info@carbon.coop to sign up. We have 150 to give away so if you’re interested you can invite friends and neighbours to sign up to.
Conditions
* To take part you must be living in the Manchester City Council area and have a broadband connection. The connection must always be on – many people like to turn their router off at night to conserve energy but studies show using a SMARTER will help you make energy savings that more than make up for this.
Carbon Co-op
The Carbon Co-op aims to make it simple, cheap and easy for households, streets and neighbourhoods to come together to buy low-carbon and energy-saving equipment. Discounted products including energy monitors, ‘A’ rated domestic appliances, whole house insulation products, boilers, burners and solar panels. It is a not-for-profit, social enterprise project. http://carbon.coop
Funding
The project which is being jointly funded by Manchester City Council’s Carbon Innovation Fund and the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s (NWDA) Carbon Challenge Fund is being delivered by the Commission for the New Economy working in partnership with the Greater Manchester Environment Commission. Read more about the project’s launch.
Trouble finding the right cable?
Here’s a really useful guide from the Open University on how to to find the right cable on your meter for the monitor:
http://tscp.open.ac.uk/t152/docs/T152install
Tags: Carbon Co-op, energy monitor, SMARTER
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April 7th, 2010
At the end of March the new Carbon Co-op Manual was launched at an event in Moss Side. It contains hints and tips on saving energy as well as an outline of how people can work together to achieve bulk purchase savings.
A PDF version can be downloaded here: http://www.carbon.coop/manual.pdf
Tags: Carbon Co-op, Carbon Co-op Manual, Moss Side
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April 2nd, 2010
Innovation agency NESTA has been supporting the Carbon Co-op’s development over the past few years. Now they’ve produced a report looking at ways to galvanise community-led responses to climate change, recommending government be more active in creating the conditions within which community leadership can flourish.
The report demonstrates lessons for UK government climate change policy, drawing on communities’ experience of NESTA’s Big Green Challenge which has funded Carbon Co-op. There’s some excellent practical recommendations in there and it’s good to see the grassroots approaches to tackling climate change being championed at a high level.
Download and read the report here.
Tags: Carbon Co-op, Community-led, innovation, low carbon, NESTA
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