by Nikki Brown | Aug 25, 2022 | Retrofitting
People Powered Retrofit, a not-for-profit service for householders in Greater Manchester, has launched retrofit training courses for all construction workers to fill an urgent skills gap in the region. There is a growing and urgent need for retrofit if the UK is to...
by Nikki Brown | Aug 5, 2022 | Green Finance
The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has announced a partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to trial and scale innovative financing solutions for home energy efficiency improvements. The collaboration means that thousands of people across...
by Nikki Brown | Jul 29, 2022 | Retrofitting, Sustainable Development
A Greater Manchester based housing association, First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO), has secured a £95m funding package from Santander UK to support its development programme and improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. The funding from Santander UK enables FCHO,...
by Nikki Brown | Jun 14, 2022 | Retrofitting, Smart Energy
A new independent service backed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has launched, to offer support creating more energy efficient homes in the city-region. Almost every building in the UK has the potential to use less fuel for heating, lighting and...
by Nikki Brown | May 30, 2022 | Retrofitting
Manchester City Council is set to receive £4.9m in government funding to help reduce carbon emissions of council-owned buildings. As part of the third phase of the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, which aims to cut emissions by 75% from 2017 to 2037,...
