RETROFIT ACTION WEEK GREATER MANCHESTER 2025

(Places are booking fast for this event).

Your Home Better invites you to join a free guided tour around an award winning zero carbon retrofit in Old Trafford.

This Old Trafford terrace has been retrofitted to be a net-zero operational home, producing all the energy it needs for a year. The project, awarded the 2025 North West Construction Retrofit Award, proves existing housing can be upgraded without losing character.

Guided tours start on the hour and last 45 minutes. See first-hand how insulation, heat pumps, and solar batteries work, and speak with the homeowners about their experience, comfort levels, and energy savings.

Place-based approaches to retrofit and renovation are increasingly gaining interest as policy makers, advocates and practitioners looking to scale the rollout of energy efficiency and decarbonisation, provide wider community benefit and find innovative investment approaches.
But a question keeps re-occurring: what is place-based retrofit, and what might it involve?
This webinar is People Powered Retrofit’s contribution to these discussions, a summary of research collected through involvement in UK networks such as National Retrofit Hub and European networks such as EU Peers.

Discover how circular retrofit can transform existing facilities.
In this webinar, Material Index will share practical insights on the challenges, opportunities, and real impact of circularity in retrofit — beyond construction alone.
You’ll learn:

• Why circularity is key to sustainable retrofit
• How to gather the right data to make it work
• The value it creates for owners, occupiers, and the supply chain driving innovation

Millions of UK households face fuel poverty, a complex issue leading to severe health impacts and, tragically, thousands of deaths each winter. This course is designed to give frontline workers the tools to combat it.
Our free, three-hour course, led by highly qualified and experienced trainers, provides a working knowledge of the causes and signs of fuel poverty. You'll learn practical advice and measures to help your clients, all while maintaining an upbeat and engaging flow.

Find out what retrofit means and how it can make your home more comfortable and energy efficient.
Learn simple, practical ways to reduce energy bills and heat your home effectively.
Discover local grants, funding, and support available to help improve your home.
Drop in to get free advice and information about where to start your home energy journey.

📍 Venue: Deeplish Community Centre, 59 Hare Street, Rochdale, OL11 1JT

 

This live webinar from Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter is an introduction to the Good Landlord Charter and how we're raising rental standards.

Anyone interested in improving energy efficiency is encouraged to join. This is a free-to-join event.

This Carbon Co-op-facilitated webinar features a panel from the Levenshulme Area Based scheme sharing their progress and lessons learned so far. It's ideal for anyone interested in place-based or area-based retrofit projects.
Carbon Coop brought together retrofit professionals and partnered with a local social enterprise to help households, connecting with the community and offering a mix of grants and interest-free municipal loans tailored to each household’s needs.

The full recording is 1hr:27mins, including a facilitated panel discussion and Q&A.

A video series sharing the learning and impact from Energise Manchester.

In Energise Manchester, Carbon Co-op worked with community partners to create new ways to support householders in South Manchester to tackle common energy issues and create warmer, healthier homes.

This popular webinar from Carbon Co-op's heat pump insights series in 2022 is as relevant today!

In this session our knowledgeable contributors demystify how efficient your home actually needs to be before you're in a good position to fit a heat pump and get the most benefit. This session will appeal to householders, energy advisors and housing professionals who are new to heat pumps.