Carbon Co-op

EcoHome Lab: Monthly meetup and skill share
Online event
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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 reduce energy wasted.
Catch up on [some of our previous sessions and presentations](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiz1gBPXWVAJ4hzg3zj72hVrXVJgWvzOG).
Unless there’s a specific title to the session, it means we have no scheduled speaker and it will be an open session. We welcome contributions.
This is a CarbonCo-op (https://carbon.coop/) initiative working close together with OpenEnergyMonitor (https://openenergymonitor.org).
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Topics will include:
• Home energy monitoring.
• House energy performance assessment
• Sensors – electricity, gas, temperature, humidity, air quality…
• User interfaces, dashboards
• Smart houses and automation
• Aggregation of data sources
• Taking the power back! – Making better use of the surplus power we generate
Who is it for?
• Anyone with skills in physical electronics, web development or programming who wants to use that knowledge to reduce energy and carbon!
• There will be open space for small groups to focus on adding new sensors or hacking the user interface, there will always be a ‘newbies’ group for people interested in finding out more.

EcoHome Lab: Monthly meet-up and skill share
Online event
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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 reduce energy wasted.
Catch up on [some of our previous sessions and presentations](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiz1gBPXWVAJ4hzg3zj72hVrXVJgWvzOG).
This is a [Carbon Co-op](https://carbon.coop/) initiative working with [OpenEnergyMonitor](https://openenergymonitor.org), [Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/) and the wider open source community.
If there is no specific topic mentioned in the title it will be an open session where we welcome ‘show and tell’ from members. If you’ve something you’d like to present, discuss or demo, please do get in touch and we’ll schedule you in.
**Regular topics include:**
• Home energy monitoring.
• House energy performance assessment
• Sensors – electricity, gas, temperature, humidity, air quality…
• User interfaces, dashboards
• Smart homes and automation
• Taking the power back! – Making better use of the surplus power we generate
**Who is it for?**
• Anyone with skills in physical electronics, web development or programming who wants to use that knowledge to reduce energy and carbon!
• Householders looking to control their energy use and reduce their carbon.

People-Centred Retrofit for Social Housing: Tools, Insights & Practice
2025-11-27 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | England
Discover how people-centred retrofit is being put into practice—and how your organisation can benefit.

Join us for a practical, insight-rich webinar introducing two new toolkits from the Retrofit for All project—an initiative shaped by tenants, housing providers, and delivery partners to make retrofit more inclusive, effective, and trusted.
You’ll hear about the project’s origins, the collaborative process behind it, and why this approach to retrofit matters now. We’ll explore key research, professional experience, and practical tools to help teams put people at the heart of retrofit delivery.

What to expect:
1) Resident Liaison Officer ToolkitA how-to guide, case studies, and a short video showing how Broadacres placed tenants at the centre of retrofit—through in-house RLOs and contractor collaboration.
2) Resident Recruitment ToolkitA how-to-guide, case study, and video from Lancaster West on how empowering residents in key roles can boost community engagement and project success.
Plus, you’ll hear from housing providers, project leads, and engagement specialists about what’s working, what’s changing, and how these tools can support your work.
Who should attend?

Housing associations, ALMOs, local authorities
Retrofit delivery teams and contractors
Resident engagement officers
Tenants
Retrofit shouldn’t just change buildings—it should improve lives, homes, and communities.

EcoHome Lab: Introducing the Home Energy Model (HEM)
2026-03-12 18:00 - 19:30 (Africa/Abidjan) | Online event
RESCHEDULED from February due to illness.
For over 30 years the methodology used to gauge the energy and carbon performance of UK buildings has been the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), but all that is about to change. Over the past few years Government has been working with building professionals to develop the Home Energy Model (HEM) which is due for publication shortly.
We are very pleased to be joined by Marianne Heaslip, the Technical Director of People Powered Retrofit who has been working as part of HEM’s quality assurance and verification team. The session will introduce the key principles of the new methodology, how it differs from SAP and what that means for how we model buildings to inform regulation (like EPCs) and design.
Sign-up here

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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 reduce energy wasted.
Catch up on some of our previous sessions and presentations.
Unless there’s a specific title to the session, it means we have no scheduled speaker and it will be an open session. We welcome contributions.
