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Twin Report Release: Understanding Tenant, Registered Provider and Delivery Partner Retrofit Delivery Experiences

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Carbon Co-op has released two new reports that shed fresh light on the human side of retrofit, offering critical insights for the wider housing and retrofit sector—from registered landlords and delivery teams to tenants and journalists. The findings speak to key challenges many in the sector face—tenant refusals, communication breakdowns, and trust issues—and offer a … Read more

Carbon Co-op AGM 2025

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Carbon Co-op’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is taking place this Wednesday 23rd April at the Anthony Burgess Foundation in central Manchester. If you want to attend you can book a free place here. AGMs can be full of jargon, so this article explains what will happen at the event and how you can be involved. … Read more

Real-time Training: A Reflection

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Carbon Co-op’s area-based retrofit project is upgrading a group of homes in Levenshulme, South Manchester, aiming to improve energy efficiency, keep bills low and reduce carbon emissions. The key contractor for the scheme, Stockport-based B4Box, are not only a contractor but also a training provider, who are using the experience of retrofitting traditional Victorian terraced … Read more

Exploring the Levenshulme Area-Based Retrofit Scheme: A Walk with the Carbon Co-op Team

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On a sunny Monday lunchtime, the Carbon Co-op team took a stroll around the streets of Levenshulme to check in on our Area-Based Retrofit Scheme—an exciting project that’s transforming homes for a more sustainable and just future. During our walk, we had the chance to chat with key members of the project team, including Hannah … Read more

Power of Collaboration in Area Based Schemes

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Introduction The pilot Area-Based Retrofit scheme in Levenshulme, South Manchester has been designed to trial the benefits of a localised approach to retrofit works. The idea is to enable multiple nearby properties of the same type to ‘retrofit’ their homes, which means making domestic upgrades and installations that improve the energy efficiency of a property. … Read more

Financing the Levenshulme Area Based Retrofit Pilot

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Introduction The goal of Manchester-based Carbon Co-op is to radically reduce domestic carbon emissions for people and communities using approaches such as ‘retrofit’ works (domestic upgrades or installations that improve energy efficiency). Carbon Co-op have recently coordinated an Area-Based Retrofit scheme in Levenshulme, South Manchester, making use of the efficiencies gained by working on multiple … Read more