The wide-ranging benefits of solar energy and batteries are ready to be realised – our new guide is here to help your organisation jumpstart its community energy journey. With support from Manchester City Council, we have developed a guide for community organisations in Manchester on the practicalities and benefits of installing solar panels and batteries. The … Read more
Large-scale social housing retrofit is central to tackling fuel poverty and meeting carbon targets. Yet delivery is often undermined by weak and inconsistent resident support. Where communication is inconsistent or support is under-resourced, programmes face refusals, delays, complaints, and misunderstood and improperly used systems. Evidence from the Retrofit for All research shows that this is … Read more
Released today, this report, commissioned by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), explores how the city region can meet its clean energy ambitions through collaboration with community energy. It was produced by Carbon Co-op and Regen, with contributions from a wide range of industry stakeholders and policymakers. The Local Power Plan (2026) and launch … Read more
Transforming retrofit starts with meaningful resident involvement—and our new tenant recruitment toolkit shows how to make that happen.Designed to help housing providers build effective, people-centred strategies, the toolkit draws on Lancaster West’s pioneering tenant recruitment model—an approach that has built trust, improved services, and delivered retrofit success. It makes the case for recruiting tenants into … Read more
Authored by Dr Rowena Hay and Sabina Dewfield from Shortwork, with support from Helen at Carbon Co-op. Towards the end of our Project Heat Pump (Socialising Flexibility) project, we brought together a cross-sector professional workshop online, facilitated collaboratively by Shortwork and Carbon Co-op. The session brought together 17 participants, including the wider Carbon Co-op team, … Read more
Authored by Dr Rowena Hay and Sabina Dewfield from Shortwork, with support from Helen at Carbon Co-op. Project Heat Pump (Socialising Flexibility) was a two-year programme funded by Energy Redress and delivered by Carbon Co-op in partnership with Shortwork and Manchester City Council. The project explores how heat pumps are working in practice for social … Read more