Our Rural Net Zero report for UK100’s Countryside Climate Network outlines the vital role rural areas have in delivering the national Net Zero target. Based on research and interviews we have outlined the key challenges and opportunities rural areas have in reaching and going beyond Net Zero. Retrofitting homes and decarbonising heat in urban areas […]
Louise’s contract with the Climate Change Committee has now finished, and her report Local Authorities and the Sixth Carbon Budget was published alongside the Sixth Carbon Budget in December 2020. This shows that the UK Government and local authorities share a common goal to deliver Net Zero. But that it can only be achieved if […]
The Quantum team has had a year of strategic and grassroots activity. Firstly, we delivered a big research piece for UK100 mapping the powers local authorities have to deliver on the climate emergency. The Power Shift report will be published in January 2021. Meanwhile at the grassroots level we are researching and scoping a project […]
Quantum has been bringing Service Design support to the People Powered Retrofit Project, a partnership led by Carbon Co-op and Urbed to tackle the challenges of household energy efficiency and build a local retrofit market in Greater Manchester. People Powered Retrofit tackles many of the key barriers that home owners face in commissioning work, including […]
We held a successful event to equip building owners and developers with the information needed to understand the benefits of community energy, identify whether there are opportunities for community energy on their estate and how to develop successful partnerships with community energy organisations. It was fascinating to hear from Bev and Mark, both leading large […]
Play Fair is a global campaign coordinated by international trade union federations and NGOs. Its focus is workers’ rights in the sportswear, products and other supply chains. The Playfair 2012 campaign on the London 2012 Olympics was led by the TUC and Labour Behind the Label with 21 trade unions and two NGOs. It was part funded by […]
When the University of Salford’s SURF project needed rapid research and data collection for a global pilot project to test out proposed UN indicators on cities, they asked Quantum to help. We delivered a rapid project to pilot the targets and indicators for the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals #11 “Make Cities and Human Settlements […]
The GM Community Energy Innovation Toolkit is for community energy organisations and others interested in developing prjects tobenefit local people and the environment in an ever-changing context. It includes project stories, lessons and useful information. Top 10 innovation lessons. Upcoming technologies and models for communty energy and links to support. Quantum supported the four projects […]