• EcoHome Lab: Monthly meetup and skill share

    Online event

    *** Now in our regular monthly slot - every second Thursday of the month. A hangout for people taking control of their home energy usage and generation. We use open-source hardware and software to gain a better understanding of energy in our homes, how to make the best use of the energy we generate and ... Read more

  • Master Your Heating Controls – Northmoor Centre, Longsight

    Northmoor Community Centre 3 Greater, Longsight, England, United Kingdom

    Learn how to use your home's heating controls in the most energy efficient way.Is your boiler running as efficiently as it could? Do your radiators come on at the times that best suit your needs? In this workshop, you can learn how to make your home’s heating and hot water systems work for you.You’ll learn:About ... Read more

  • DIY Draught Proofing – Northmoor Centre, Longsight

    Northmoor Community Centre 3 Greater, Longsight, England, United Kingdom

    Learn how to make DIY improvements to tackle draughts in your home.Even small gaps and cracks in your home can make a big difference in how warm it stays. Learn how to make your home cosier by finding and fixing draughts. We'll show you how to balance sealing up drafts with keeping your house well-ventilated ... Read more

  • EcoHome Lab: Advising ‘accidental’ heat pump users

    Online event

    This session will be a bit different to our usual deep dives into data and advanced performance - we're looking to establish general best practice guidance for less technical audiences. Our primary interest here is in 'accidental' rather than 'enthusiast' heat pump users, such as those living in private or social rented homes or those ... Read more

  • Tackling Damp and Mould Parts 1 and 2 – 422 Centre, Longsight

    422 Manchester (formerly Longsight Youth Centre) 422 Stockport Road, Longsight, England, United Kingdom

    Learn how to tackle the root causes of damp and mould in the home.This is a two part training workshop with a lunch in-between the morning and afternoon sessions. We strongly recommend attending both parts of the training where possible. When you book onto the event, you will be booking onto both parts of the ... Read more

  • EcoHome Lab: PowerShaper development update

    Online event

    *** (https://powershaper.io/) is our tool to allow visualisation of smart meter data, including time of use costing and carbon intensity. Back in the November 2024 session we showed some wireframe mockups of proposed improvements and got some really useful user feedback. As a result of that feedback we've implemented a beta version of the improvements ... Read more