On Saturday 27th June, the Carbon Co-op team joined forces with Greater Manchester Community Renewables (GMCR) at Stockport’s annual Greenstock Community Green Day to celebrate local sustainability. We were delighted to have been invited to join many other fantastic, local organisations sharing knowledge and fun ways for community-led sustainable and climate action. We took Fuelling … Read more
Yesterday, along with our partners B4Box, we hosted a learning visit to our Levenshulme Area Based Retrofit Scheme in South Manchester for Salford Mayor (and currently acting GMCA Mayor) Paul Dennet and the Leader of Trafford Council Tom Ross, accompanied by GMCA Head of Low Carbon Dan Griffiths and chair of The SoundPound Group of … Read more
As a community of members, we are all united by a shared goal: reducing domestic carbon emissions and championing the technical and policy work needed for a fair energy transition. To keep that vital work going, it’s that time of year again—our Annual General Meeting (AGM). Carbon Co-op members should have already received the formal … Read more
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
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
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