Carbon Co-op has pioneered a way of supporting homeowners to invest in making their homes warmer and more comfortable – while reducing their energy use by around half, in line with Greater Manchester’s climate goals Our report ‘Powering Down Together’ is published to coincide with Community Energy Fortnight 2017. It reports on the retrofit of … Read more
A summary of the report can be found here and the full report here. Press release COMMUNITY GROUP POINTS THE WAY TO WARM UP MANCHESTER’S HOMES A Manchester community energy group has pioneered a way of supporting homeowners to invest in making their homes warmer and more comfortable – while reducing their energy use … Read more
Insights from the DIY retrofit for homeowners’ course, 6th, 7th and 20th May 2017, by Kate Simpson.
Come along to find out all about adding a battery system to your home solar system! Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE 6.30pm, Wednesday 24th May 2017 Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carbon-co-op-info-night-batteries-batteries-batteries-tickets-33706729736 The widespread adoption of energy storage systems are seen as one of the building blocks of the future energy system. However, there … Read more
With April showers and glorious afternoon sunshine, we celebrated our community, learnt about justice issues and got involved with hands on workshops. The atmosphere at Hulme Community Garden Centre was really something special. Images speak louder than words, so check out photo’s below for more. Thanks again to all our volunteers, workshop leaders, staff members, … Read more
Almost a month ago was April EcoHomeLab the first one with the new structure. Now we want to make the time for people to arrive, know what energy monitoring is, see OpenEnergyMonitor stuff in action, fix their own things, listen to a relevant presentation and show to others their own EcoHome bits and projects. And … Read more