Reports and publications

General

Carbon Co-op People Powered Booklet (2013)Download
Carbon Co-op Manual (2010)Download

Energy efficiency and Retrofit Reports

Retrofit For All Toolkit (2021)Download
People Powered Retrofit – R&D Phase Report (2019)Download
People Powered Retrofit – Business Plan (2021)Download
Powering Down Together – full report (2017)Download
Powering Down Together – short report (2017)Download

The Powering Down Together reports outline learning from our Community Green Deal project – delivering whole house retrofit at scale in Greater Manchester.

Resilient Domestic Retrofit (CIBSE Technical Symposium, 2017)Download
Resilient Domestic Retrofit slidesDownload
Retrofit Fact File (2016) Download
The Carbon Co-op Brochure (2013)Download
A community approach to retrofit and potential implications for the fuel poverty agenda (written with URBED, 2015)Download
Whole House Retrofit Assessment methodology (2012)Download
The Carbon Coop Manual (2010)Download

Energy Policy

Greater Manchester Local Energy Market – Citizen Engagement Final Report (2022)

Greater Manchester Local Energy Market Citizen Jury findings (2022)

Community-led Energy Planning (CLEP) toolkit (2022)

Carbon Co-op response Ofgem Call For Input on local energy marketsDownload
GM Energy Futures prospectus (2018) Download
OpenCities Case Study (CIBSE Technical Symposium, 2017)Download
OpenCities Case Study slides (CIBSE Technical Symposium, 2017)Download

Energy System Reports

Energy Communities Aggregator Service (ECAS) – Local Flexibility Markets (2018)Download
OpenDSR Phase 1 Feasibility Report (Public Version)Download

AGM minutes & annual reports

Carbon Co-op AGM 2019 event report

Carbon Co-op Ends Report 2018Download
Carbon Co-op Annual report 2016Download

Press and media

How community groups are generating their own energy