Until now, there has been a lack of trusted, simple and affordable solutions to making our homes greener and more comfortable places to live. To date, retrofit offers have been seen as poor quality, cheap and have often been delivered by large, faceless and untrusted corporations. People Powered Retrofit is different. We are a new, not-for-profit social enterprise providing a retrofit ‘One Stop Shop’, a fee-based retrofit service for householders in Greater Manchester and beyond, offering clear, independent advice and support to help clients plan, procure and deliver their eco-refurbishment project to a high standard. We are ‘people powered’ a member-led organisation subscribing to co-operative principles, motivated by the challenge of tackling climate change and contributing to national and international carbon reduction targets. We believe we can tackle climate change through collective action and put our members at the centre of our development, involving them in formulating and testing our services. We offer a range of services to help clients achieve their retrofit goals including designing their project, helping them procure the best contractors; overseeing quality assurance and offering impartial, expert advice. Helping householders at every step of the way, we can manage the entire process or just help householders with specific phases. Our fees are designed to be with an eye on affordability to open up access to retrofit. Though a new organisation, our development is built on a pilot project, funded by the BEIS Retrofit Supply Chain pilot programme and support from the Friends Provident Foundation with the development overseen by a partnership between community energy organisation, Carbon Co-op and design and research cooperative, URBED (Urbanism Environment and Design) Ltd. People Powered Retrofit will be staffed by a mixture of workers seconded from these organisations and newly recruited staff.
