On Monday 13th February 2017, Cooler Projects organised an #OurManifesto Climate Change Workshop with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayoral candidate Andy Burnham. Below is our written response to the #OurManifesto call out. Our highest priority manifesto pledge for climate change would be… A pledge to tackle our ageing housing stock and ever rising energy bills by … Read more
On the 12th of January was last EcoHomeLab session and we had the pleasure to admire 😉 Trystan's new electric bike. A very cool one that he built himself from a DIY kit. We were 10 people this time, 3 of whom were new or almost new to EcoHomeLab: an Arduino user who wanted to … Read more
This January, Carbon Co-op have begun to install smart meter extension (SMX) devices as part of Nobel Grid beginning with Halton Mill, a business centre which forms part of the Lancaster Cohousing development. Lancaster Co-housing is a co-operative co-housing development in Lancaster in the North West of England consisting of 60 new households built to … Read more
As those planning to retrofit will know, it’s difficult find to appropriate, affordable finance. With a lack of low cost financing and ‘payback’ being tricky to calculate, securing finance is often a key barrier. Carbon Co-op have invited finance specialists to help us explore ways forward…
WHAT: Carbon Co-op Info Night
WHEN: Tue 28th Feb 2017, 18:30 – 21:00
WHERE: Room G4, Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS
COST: Free
BOOK: https://financing-retrofit.eventbrite.co.uk
We are looking for eco-homes to showcase their energy efficient retrofit works as a part of our Energise weekend of events, 31st March to 2nd April 2017. Whether you’ve done a whole house retrofit, or a few well planned energy efficiency measures, we’d love to hear from you. Many people find it really useful being … Read more
WHAT: A hands on three day course covering DIY retrofit. Designed to give homeowners an insight into carrying out thermal performance improvement works on their own homes.
WHEN: Sat 6th, Sun 7th, Sat 20th May 2017
WHERE: Central Manchester
COST: Details below. Book before 15th April 2017 for earlybird rates. A bursary is available, please contact aneaka@carbon.coop for more.
BOOK: https://diy-retrofit-spring-2017.eventbrite.co.uk