Jonathan Atkinson Through the Nobel Grid project, Carbon Co-op are developing and testing ideas around householders using smart meters to enable collective action. But what does this mean in reality and what are the potential benefits? Click here to view 1hr record webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg6S8R6HrXk A group of Carbon Co-op householders and collaborators have been using OpenEnergyMonitor technology … Read more
In the past one support organisation, Pure Leapfrog, described us as ‘all action and no talk’ a sort of a compliment but also part of the impetus for us to tell more people about the good things we do. This is the first ever Carbon Co-op annual report, produced in response to these bits of … Read more
Every year we hold a strategy day for Carbon Co-op members to review the organisation's progress over the last 12 months and plan ahead for the next 12 months. We discuss matters important to our long term aims and objectives such as our shared values and a shared understanding on what we are trying to … Read more
The last strategy day looked at Carbon Co-op's track record, assessing strengths and weaknesses and identifying areas for improvement. The key conclusion was that Carbon Co-op should remain an 'innovative organisation' and demonstrating what is possible in the field of low carbon technologies and disseminating our knowledge and learning to wider civil society and government. … Read more
Beyond Paris: how can energy efficiency co-operatives contribute to achieving 2050 targets?Carbon Co-op AGM 2016 – 6pm-8.30pm, Thursday 7th April 2016– Bridge 5 Mill, 22 Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR – Book here: https://carbon-coop-agm-2016.eventbrite.co.uk How can the efforts of Carbon Co-op and its members contribute to the challenging carbon reduction targets set out in the … Read more
In 2015, we commissioned a series of profiles, short videos that looked at the different ways Carbon Co-op members have chosen to improve their homes. From a full scale, whole house retrofit to an iterative approach over many years. From completely DIY to a fully managed and Carbon Co-op procured model. Each video looks at … Read more