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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Warmer together?
20 Aug 2024
We all want warmer, comfier, greener homes with lower bills but sometimes it seems the options are either to stump up a load of cash for an expensive consultant and builder or go with a retrofit council scheme where you get little choice on how it turns out – but might there be a third … Read more
Retrofit Revisit – 10 years on
30 Jul 2024
In this blog, our Research and Evaluation lead Helen Grimshaw, reflects on her involvement in Retrofit Revisit, and what the findings mean for our work at Carbon Co-op. The opportunity to evaluate a retrofit project doesn’t come along often. You might find that surprising given the innovative nature of the work we’re involved with, but … Read more
A role for metered energy data in community-led lending
13 Jun 2024
This post summarises the potential role for metered energy data in community-led lending products, as being explored by Carbon Co-op and partners on a project funded under the Green Homes Finance Accelerator programme. What are Metered Energy Savings and why might they be useful to this kind of project? Metered Energy Savings (MES) look at … Read more
