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People Powered Retrofit share offer interest, and media coverage! 🗞️

This past month has been a busy one! With the launch of our People Powered Retrofit community share offer we have had a huge amount of interest and attention in every aspect of our work. The ongoing energy crisis which has seen millions of people being moved to more expensive energy tariffs has also brought renewed interest to the absolute necessity of retrofitting millions of homes across the country in the next decade.

Our community share offer has already raised over £180,000 bringing us over a third of the way to our target. Yet we need more supporters to invest to be able to make this service the biggest success possible. If you are interested in investing take a look at our plan on the Ethex platform.

This month we welcomed Peter King from ventilation specialists Aereco who have been looking at People Powered Retrofit projects and offered some advice on our ongoing office refurbishment.

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People Powered Retrofit: Community Share Offer

People Powered Retrofit share offer: still time to invest!

The People Powered Retrofit community share offer is well underway, a month in over £180,000 has been raised towards the retrofitting of thousands of homes, and we are well on the way to reaching our target. To make this the biggest success possible, we will need your support, and there is still time to make your investment.

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PowerShaper Monitor launch event

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PowerShaper Monitor: accessing your smart meter data for climate action, October 20th - 6 pm

Join our launch event for PowerShaper monitor to discover how data from your smart meter can help you to take climate action, reduce your home carbon emissions and lower your energy bills.

Eco-Renovation for Builders Online - November

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Get ahead of the curve and be a part of the green recovery with this unique training course for Greater Manchester builders.

Over the past year and a half, through the pandemic we have seen a huge increase in demand for home energy efficiency measures. Our People Powered Retrofit service has seen over 180 enquiries, and over 60 clients in Greater Manchester looking for contractors. The demand is there, but we don't have enough builders!

Developing citizen-led climate solutions: New projects from Carbon Co-op

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Co-founder Jonathan Atkinson discusses two new projects, Oldham Energy Futures and Power Shaper.

A discussion with Jonathan Atkinson in Coop News, looking at new projects from Carbon Co-op: "Manchester’s Carbon Co-op – which offers energy services to help households reduce their carbon footprints – is developing a set of new projects in a bid to put citizens in the driving seat of the energy transition."

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Carbon Co-op in the news

Jonathan Atkinson address energy crisis on BBC News

Jonathan emphasised the importance of retrofit and energy efficiency measures in tackling the ongoing energy crisis.

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Retrofit service to train Manchester builders in green skills

A service that helps people in Greater Manchester to retrofit their homes is planning to train 3,500 builders, joiners, electricians and plumbers in green skills over the next five years with money raised via a £550,000 community share offer.

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Retrofit for the future: Jobs, skills and training for zero-carbon homes

What jobs, skills and training are needed to deliver smart zero-carbon home heating? How big is the skills-gap? (Spoiler: It's quite big). Matt and Becky are joined by Cardiff University's Dr Jo Patterson, and Adam Chapman, director of Heat Geek, while Fraser's been chatting about retrofitting and the just transition with Carbon Co-op co-founder Jonathan Atkinson.

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What we are reading

Great Homes Upgrade - New Economics Foundation campaign launched

This new campaign from the New Economics Foundation calls for 19 million homes to be upgraded by 2030 creating 500,000 new jobs.

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Councils should lay the foundations of social, economic and climate justice

In recognition of today’s global climate strike, Ellie Radcliffe of CLES (the Centre for Local Economic Strategies) explores the role of local authorities in the UK in delivering a future where people and planet are jointly prioritized.

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In the community

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How do you dry your clothes inside and manage your home's humidity? Do you have tips and information to share, or just want to find more out about the topic.

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