Matt reports back from the EcoHome Lab field trip. We first met Mike Wilson in 2016 at an EcoHome Lab meetup session ‘From Monitoring to Control‘ exploring the recent integration of the building blocks of home automation (MQTT, NodeRED and OpenHAB) into the EmonPi, the central base-station for the OpenEnergyMonitor system (view session presentation). In … Read more
Are you passionate about our need to reduce carbon emissions, live in warm and healthy homes and reduce fuel fuel bills? This Carbon Literarcy accredited course may be for you. We have a big job on our hands in retrofitting the UK's housing stock. To make it work we need to motivate and inspire others … Read more
This spring Carbon Co-op has a packed diary of events and trainings for members and non-members alike. Put the dates in your diary and keep an eye out for
further details over the coming months.
This December, Jonathan Atkinson of Carbon Co-op was lucky enough to be invited to take part in a two day, community energy delegation visiting Brussels on the invitation of Green MEP for the South West Molly Scott Cato. The visit fulfilled several purposes: a chance to meet MEPs and get a better understanding of the … Read more
Carbon Co-op is launching a new project with Dalarna University (Sweden) and Open Energy Monitor to use low cost energy monitors, smart meters, and cutting edge machine learning algorithms to forecast electricity demand and micro-generation in a community smart grid. The project will create a virtual community smart grid by using data collected from energy … Read more
Aneaka Kellay (Carbon Co-op) speaks with Bill Butcher (Green Building Store), Chris Dawson (Nesthaus) and Gervase Mangwana (Waxwing Energy) about their experiences as retrofit contractors.