Another joyful EcoHomeLab. And more than joyful, transcendental. This time more theoretical than ever and looking at a big scale solution, still very interesting from a household perspective: now we know a bit more about how a ZeroCarbonBritain may look like and what us as a society but as individuals can look forward. Sometimes scary, … Read more
Last EcoHomeLab was on the 9th of June at MadLab, second Thursday of the month as always. Mix of topics this time, lots of interesting information, discussion and some deep techyness 😉 We were seven people, six usual suspects and Laura who has recently joined the Carbon Coop to deal with our communications. Big welcome … Read more
In June 2016, Jonathan Atkinson of Carbon Co-op attended the Electricity North West Stakeholder session in Preston, along with a range of other local government, industry and community energy stakeholders. Here he reports on some of the challenges and opportunities those active in the energy system face. Dunno about the DNO?For a Distribution Network Operator … Read more
As part of Carbon Coop’s Green Shift project members and other participants will be encouraged to reduce their electricity use at certain times of day in order to help reduce their carbon footprints. In the electricity industry this kind of scheme is called ‘demand side response’ and is believed to be crucial to helping to … Read more
These videos show the presentations made at the Carbon Co-op AGM in April 2016. The theme for the presentations was about the 2015 Paris Climate Change talks and how these broader, global targets relate to the work of local Community Energy organisations like Carbon Co-op carry out. Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre Climate scientist Kevin Anderson … Read more
A hacker’s meet up on smart metering, smart home, smart grid… smart ideas? Sounds interesting, promising and the kind of place where Carbon Co-op needs to be present. After a bit of discussion we all agreed Carlos there you go. So there I went with the aim of sharing my knowledge, our work and experience, … Read more