The ‘Heat Pump Challenge 2021’ was a citizen science and participative research and discovery project led by Carbon Co-op. We collected feedback and data from around 30 member households currently relying on gas heating to help understand how a heat pump installation would impact their home. The premise of the challenge was to enable households … Read more
We’re looking for a new Project Manager to work on an exciting new European project as part of our retrofit team. Read on if you think you could fit the bill. Summary Salary: £30,000–£34,000.00 PAYE/Payroll (depending on experience) Time: 0.8 – 1 FTE (flexible) Location: Manchester, UK Holiday: 33 days flexible (pro rata) + 5 … Read more
As a fast growing social enterprise with a mission to address climate change we’ve experienced a growth in the scope and scale of the projects we deliver. From a small, integrated staff team we’ve grown to manage a number of large scale projects ranging from participatory citizen engagement to tech-led innovation. Summary Apply now: – … Read more
How can we build energy transition capacity in all neighbourhoods? Check out our new toolkit developed with (CLES) Centre for Local Economic Strategies and URBED: http://energyfuturestoolkit.carbon.coop Community-led Energy Planning (CLEP) is a place-based, community-centred approach to building knowledge, understanding and confidence in lower-income communities to enable them to shape and benefit from the energy transition. … Read more
With energy bills skyrocketing and the energy supply market broken, communities across the UK aren’t satisfied with a centralised, carbon-intensive energy market. Consumers want more of a localised, environmentally friendly energy system, with 76% of consumers saying they would rather buy and use sustainable energy generated in their community. And yet despite high demand, for … Read more
In this blog, Alex King reviews a session we held in March between the UK’s most senior climate policy makers at the Climate Change Committee, people suffering the impacts of the fuel bill crisis and those pushing the boundaries of energy efficiency in Greater Manchester. Facing the challenge We know that tackling climate change means … Read more