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Carbon Co-op is an energy services and advocacy co-operative that helps people and communities to make the radical reductions in home carbon emissions necessary to avoid runaway climate change.

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Retrofit For All: impact and reflections

18 Mar 2026

Today we release the impact report, which marks the formal close of our two year funded Energy Redress project Retrofit For All: Enabling people-centred approaches in publicly funded retrofit schemes. It follows the publication of several outputs, which are the culmination of research and a service design process looking at barriers and enablers to people-centred … Read more

A community Building with solar panels and heat pumps

New Guide: An introduction to solar energy for community organisations

17 Mar 2026

The wide-ranging benefits of solar energy and batteries are ready to be realised – our new guide is here to help your organisation jumpstart its community energy journey. With support from Manchester City Council, we have developed a guide for community organisations in Manchester on the practicalities and benefits of installing solar panels and batteries. The … Read more

Towards a national standard for Resident Liaison Officer roles in social housing retrofit

10 Mar 2026

Large-scale social housing retrofit is central to tackling fuel poverty and meeting carbon targets. Yet delivery is often undermined by weak and inconsistent resident support. Where communication is inconsistent or support is under-resourced, programmes face refusals, delays, complaints, and misunderstood and improperly used systems. Evidence from the Retrofit for All research shows that this is … Read more

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