Greater Manchester Open Eco-homes events and bus tours

Eco-home pioneers throwing open their doors to share tips saving on energy bills. Events, tours and open homes throughout Saturday 17th May, Sunday 18th May, Saturday 24th May and Sunday 25th May 2014 Pioneering householders around Greater Manchester are inviting the general public in to their eco-homes over two weekends, 17th/18th and 24th/25th May, to show … Read more

Community Green Deal begins

Our delayed Community Green Deal programme kicked off in January with 12 homes receiving a whole house retrofit. It's a unique and ambitious project with average works costs of £40,500 per household and total carbon savings of 1,150 tonnes across the lifetime of the programme. We are working with URBED as technical partners, Rochdale-based construction … Read more

Carbon Co-op tour – Community Energy Fortnight

Community Energy Fortnight - Carbon Co-op tour

The Big Red Bus Tour of Green Houses is an opportunity to visit homes that have made radical reductions in energy bills and carbon emissions. Everything from solar PV panels and biomass boilers to external wall insulation and triple glazed windows. On the tour you'll visit three householders around Greater Manchester who retrofitted their houses as well … Read more

Stockport event: Reducing Household Energy – Together We Can!

Do you live in the borough of Stockport? Would you like to reduce your house energy bills, improve energy efficiency and help the environment too? 10am-2pm, Saturday 22nd June, Staircase House, Stockport Town Centre, SK1 1ES Book here: https://carboncoopstockport.eventbrite.co.uk Carbon Co-op is a pioneering, community-owned approach to enabling householders to reduce their bills and their carbon footprint.  … Read more

BOOK NOW: Community Renewables & Community Retrofit seminars

As part of the Generating Success programme, Carbon Co-op are running two half day seminars for community based organisations interested in renewables and retrofit. **NB SEMINAR 1 DATE RE-ARRANGED FOR MON 15TH JULY 2013** Seminar 1 – Developing a Community Renewables Projectmidday-5pm, Monday 15th July 2015MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN Have you established … Read more

Carbon Co-op technical partners demonstrate 80% retrofit is possible and at the right price

A new report by the Technology Strategy Board, launched at this year's EcoBuild conference, demonstrates household retrofit to reduce carbon emissions by over 80% is acheivable and at affordable prices with Carbon Co-op technical partners URBED leading the way in the sector. The report, Retrofit Revealed, is an evaluation of the Retrofit for the Future programme which saw different organisations and companies work … Read more