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Community Energy organisation based in Manchester enabling people and communities to tackle climate change
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Brilliant to see recognition of the countries first #CitizensJury on #Retrofit
Thanks to @carbon.coop @calderdale.bsky.social & @innovateuk.bsky.social for the help. Hearing from residents about what they need to unlock warmer, greener and healthier homes.
Calderdale Citizens’ Jury helps to shape climate action – supporting warmer and healthier homes
On the anniversary of Calderdale Council declaring a climate emergency, a new initiative is helping to shape climate action and supporting work to make Calderd
news.calderdale.gov.uk
February 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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For inspiration for your own home and a rare bit of positive news about the climate crisis, check out the full piece by @sophieatkinson.bsky.social below 🏚️>🏠 manchestermill.co.uk/could-this-b...
Could this be the future of housing in Manchester?
Forget damp, forget sky-high energy bills. Let’s retrofit
manchestermill.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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We also spoke to @carbon.coop about their pilot scheme in Levenshulme - they're showing how we could retrofit street by street, rather than house by house. (This photo is of one of the properties they've retrofitted - each of the houses now has a jazzy new colour scheme).
March 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A great article from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the state of retrofit in the area, including a great profile of our collective retrofit scheme in Levenshulme.
"Saying to clients: 'yes, it’s fine to consume as much material as your gloriously Instagrammable open plan kitchen requires' while doing nothing to make the house less consumptive, felt fraudulent": we spoke to architects here about why retrofitting needs to happen NOW. 🧵
March 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Visited the Carbon Coop area based retrofit scheme in Levenshulme, South Manchester this week. It's great to see it on site and speak to the designers, contractors and householders involved...
February 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Had a great couple of days in Letchworth for People Powered Retrofit working with the Letchworth Heritage Foundation. Finding retrofit solutions and engaging with local people. #energysky #climatesky
February 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Great day in Edinburgh for the @changeworks.bsky.social #cwconnect - like the name says, loads of connections made!
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Over the last year we’ve been increasingly asked about grant funded programmes for retrofit. Do we recommend them? Do we refer people into them? So we’ve done a lot of thinking about what our position is, because we want to provide clarity to people we work with. Read on: carbon.coop/2025/02/how-...
Speaking to households about retrofit grants | Carbon Co-op
Do we recommend grant schemes? Do we refer people into them? We’ve done a lot of thinking about what our position is, because we want to provide clarity to our staff and the households we talk to. Thi...
carbon.coop
March 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hello Bluesky! We are a Community Energy organisation based in Greater Manchester, UK. We help people and communities to tackle climate change, mostly through action on home energy. We put the tools of the energy transition in the hands of people and are committed to advocating for Energy Justice.
March 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM