Welcome to the Carbon Co-op blog…
The Carbon Co-op blog is a forum for new, updates and discussion and a place for Community Champions and Retrofit Pioneers to post to.
Carbon Co-op Christmas Social
Following our Open Source Energy Monitor workshop (for details see below) we’ll be holding a social at Common Bar, Northern Quarter, Manchester City Centre. 6pm onwards, Thursday 13th December 2012 Common Bar, 39 Edge Street Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 1HW It will be very informal, a chance to meet others, update on the progress of … Read more
Open Source Energy Monitor build – help needed
Carbon Co-op have been working with openenergymonitor.org, to produce innovative, modular, home environment monitors using open source hardware and software. Now we need people to help us build them. Midday-6pm, Thursday 13th December 2012 MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN Unlike conventional energy monitors, the kit is flexible, modular and totally open source. They … Read more
Ask the Expert 1: Whole House Assessment – November 2012
Carbon Co-op’s first web conference with Charlie Baker of URBED Co-op, tackles whole house energy assessments before answering some of our members’ frequently asked questions. An hour long video documenting the conference can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bXsCZPvrn4k#! During the conference we look at all aspects of a household assessment, including: Why would anyone need an … Read more
Fuelling Manchester 8 – Community Renewables social, Thurs 29 Nov 2012
Involved or interested in Community Renewables in Greater Manchester? Come along to Fuelling Manchester, a social networking session organised by Carbon Co-op and Kindling Trust, with assistance from the Generating Success programme. The next Fuelling Manchester event will take place: 6pm-8.30pm, Thursday 29th November 2012 at the Buffet Bar, Stalybridge Station, Stalybridge RSVP if you’re … Read more
Carbon Co-op meets Ed Davey
Carbon Co-op yesterday made a presentation on our retrofit model to Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Ed was in Manchester to review the eco-credentials of the new Town Hall development. The short presentation went down well and Carbon Co-op got to the opportunity to outline our … Read more