This is Carbon Co-op’s response to BEIS‘ call for evidence on building a market for energy efficiency. It should be read concert with this discussion document published in October 2017 by BEIS: Call for evidence on energy efficiency (PDF) and the questions answered below are posed in that BEIS document. Carbon Co-op’s response Based in … Read more
This autumn social saw members get together for an informative and enjoyable evening at Leaf on Portland St. We heard from three very different households who have recently completed (or almost completed!) their retrofits, and were inspired by each in their varied considerations and approaches. If you missed the event audio recording and presentations below. … Read more
Aneaka Kellay (Carbon Co-op) speaks with Bill Taylor (TAC Consulting), Jon Lee (Ecology Building Society) and Andy Woodcock (Co-op Culture and Acorn Co-op Support) about financing retrofit.
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.
Andrew Gage reports on the experience of borrowing the thermal imaging camera. My reason for borrowing the camera was to check the effectiveness of the insulation in our house. We began work on the house after its purchase in 2010. I knew about the importance of insulation before the work began, but only had limited … Read more
Are you feeling the cold, want to make energy efficiency improvements on your home but confused about how to go about it?
Luckily, this spring we are running another series of seminars in Manchester for householders on Planning and Delivering Energy Efficiency Retrofit works.