We are hiring onto our Retrofit Team for someone who can help build the digital tools we need to help deliver low carbon retrofits to our clients and replicate our operating model to other organisations. This will include work on our in-house CRM and our retrofit planning tool, which needs a fair bit of technical … Read more
As energy goes increasingly digital it sometimes raises questions about the secretive role that big data plays in our society – a lack of trust that is often justified due to data breaches and misuse. We think co-operatives have a vital role to play here, and we want your input on how we can best address this.
We’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone who joined us for the ‘all virtual’ Carbon Co-op AGM on Friday 17 July 2020 – we had more than 100 people with us over the course of the evening. The event included a presentation and discussion on the concept of Zero Carbon Ready homes – … Read more
What does it mean to have a home fit for a ‘climate safe’ future? An 80% cut in carbon emissions? A ‘net zero’ home? And why bother at all if we transition away from gas to electric only homes and the grid is completely decarbonised? Marianne Heaslip of URBED and Jonathan Atkinson of Carbon Co-op … Read more
How can environmental sensors help us understand our homes’ current thermal performance, influence retrofit decisions and quantify the benefits of individual measures? Here Matt Fawcett explores how the use of low-cost sensors in combination with energy usage and weather data can inform our retrofit journey. Each month Carbon Coop facilitates EcoHome Lab – an informal … Read more
Join us for the Carbon Co-op AGM 2020 and a presentation and discussion asking how we make homes zero carbon ready? This year’s AGM is a fully digital experience! Members should look out for papers and electronic voting arrangements being circulated soon. 7pm-9.30pm, Friday 17th July 2020 Book here: https://carboncoop-agm-2020.eventbrite.co.uk Timetable 6.30pm, meeting open to … Read more