Carbon Co-op recently ran a series of seminars entitled Routes to Retrofit, the sessions explored different 'routes to retrofit', ie different ways for householders to commission and procure retrofit works once you know what you're after. Presented by industry professionals Marianne Heaslip and Bill Taylor, they took place at Hulme Community Garden Centre and were attended … Read more
A introduction to open source energy monitors, how they fit in to the work Carbon Co-op does and their potential. Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/eVrfStQnBCk
This sheet is intended to give you some basic information on how your home loses heat, and how we work that out.
Jonathan Atkinson from Carbon Co-op and Marianne Heaslip from URBED discuss the Carbon Co-op's Community Green Deal retrofit programme, taking households around Greater Manchester towards 80% carbon savings. Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/HuX8EkNqBmI Contents: 1. Introduction to Community Green Dealhttp://youtu.be/HuX8EkNqBmI?t=42s 2. Key elements of the programmehttp://youtu.be/HuX8EkNqBmI?t=5m21s 3. How did we find the householders, what assessments … Read more
Carbon Co-op’s first web conference with Charlie Baker of URBED Co-op, tackles whole house energy assessments before answering some of our members’ frequently asked questions. An hour long video documenting the conference can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bXsCZPvrn4k#! During the conference we look at all aspects of a household assessment, including: Why would anyone need an … Read more
This work has been commissioned by the Carbon Coop as part of their ongoing work with their members and the wider community to encourage low carbon energy interventions. Potential financial returns from low carbon energy generation are a key concern, since the Carbon Coop’s model for financing of Whole House Retrofit relies in part on … Read more