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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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...

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Could this be the future of housing in Manchester?

Forget damp, forget sky-high energy bills. Let’s retrofit

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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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).

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Carbon Co-op @carbon.coop · 13/03/2025

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.

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Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

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...

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Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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

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Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Great day in Edinburgh for the @changeworks.bsky.social #cwconnect - like the name says, loads of connections made!

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Carbon Co-op @carbon.coop · 13/03/2025

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-...

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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...

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Carbon Co-op @carbon.coop · 13/03/2025

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.

A Fuelling Greater Manchester event attended by people talking to each other about community energy.

A householder shows visitors around his retrofit home.

A contractor, Boris Afinogenov, works on a piece of timber, drilling into it. He is wearing safety goggles!

The front cover of The Carbon Co-op Manual - a guide to retrofit in the community

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