Futureproof your home with HomeNotes
HomeNotes is an organisation who is seeking to fill the gap that homeowners often face when undertaking a refurbishment project when they can’t afford the full suite of professional services to guide them through contractual matters on site, or navigating the supply chain, and so on.
Carbon Coop: People powered, not fossil fuelled
Sara speaks to Jonathan Atkinson of Carbon Coop and People Powered Retrofit fame. Jonathan shared his extensive insight about the public and third sector and the world of the cooperative approach.
Carbon Co-Op with Aneaka Kellay
In this podcast, we hear from Aneaka Kellay from Carbon Co-op in Manchester, an energy services and advocacy cooperative that helps people and communities to make the radical reductions in home carbon emissions.
Loco Home Retrofit
Loco Home Retrofit is a Community Interest Company focused on owner occupier retrofit, Loco Home Retrofit support energy conscious home improvement in Glasgow. Key to their work, is participating in collaborative initiatives to aggregate demand and ensure high quality outcomes and a risk managed retrofit offer to households.
Homebaked CLT with Tom Murphy and Britt Jurgensen
Explore the growing movement of community-driven initiatives and their impact on local communities. Against the backdrop of social and economic challenges, we speak with Homebaked CLT, a community land trust in Liverpool bringing about change for the better in their community.
POWER with Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn
In this podcast, we hear from Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn, two artists in London, driven by a desire to bring about change in their community.
Retrofit Balsall Heath with John Christophers
In this episode Sara, part of the retrofit team at BE-ST, hears from John Christophers, an architect and passionate retrofit and social justice advocate, all about Retrofit Balsall Heath, where their aim is to see no one left behind in their community.
Gemma Bone Dodds, SNIB, Rob Morrison, BE-ST & Cara Holmes, NRH
In this episode of Accelerate Zero, co-host Rachel Owens, alongside industry experts Gemma, Rob, and Cara, dives deep into the financial challenges and innovative solutions surrounding the retrofit of our homes and communities.
Ellora Coupe, Her Retrofit Space & Cara Holmes, NRH
In this episode of the podcast, Sara alongside Ellora Coupe and Cara Holmes are discussing how to the drive uptake of retrofit across the UK. Together they explore how we can move beyond the technical jargon and connect with people on a more emotional level.
AJ Climate Champions: IF_DO’s Sarah Castle
IF_DO founder Sarah Castle explains that community engagement is not just asking people what they want but also what they can do, and discusses the refurbishment of the grand 1924 Observer Building, which had suffered more than three decades of neglect and a dozen owners when IF_DO took on the project.