This coming March we are running another series of seminars in Manchester for householders on planning and delivering energy efficiency retrofit works. WHAT: Planning on an eco-home make over to reduce energy bills and do your bit for the environment? Confused about what to prioritise, which professionals to appoint and how to approach contractors? As … Read more
MEET – DISCUSS – SHARE
At this saturday morning social we will be discussing future Manchester housing policy, developing the new ‘Carbon Co-op buddy’ program, and socialising!
WHAT: Carbon Co-op Social
WHEN: Sat 28th Jan, 10:30am – 1:00pm
WHERE: Ziferblat, 23 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HW
COST: Free
BOOK: https://january-social-2017.eventbrite.co.uk
And we are now in 2017, happy new year? Let’s hope so… Last EcoHomeLab of 2016 happened on the 12th of December at Madlab as usual. We were quite a lot of people, 13 of us munching mince pies. I was worried that it was going to be a session without content as the original … Read more
The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework sets out a strategy for the development of the city region's physical infrastructure over the next 20 years. It's important to Carbon Co-op and our members because it will define how existing housing is managed (and new housing built) over the next two decades as well as how we meet … Read more
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