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 slides Download

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 Commons

Westwood Community-Led Energy Plan Download

Sholver-Community-Led-Energy-Plan-1 Download

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)

GM Energy Futures prospectus (2018) Download

Energy Policy

Carbon Co-op response Government Net Zero Review consultation (October, 2022)Download

Carbon Co-op response Ofgem Call For Input on local energy markets 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 2018 Download

Carbon Co-op Annual report 2016 Download

Press and media

Commenting on the energy crisis, September 2021