Alwoodley 2030: Climate Action Hub - Low Carbon Homes Club

Join the Alwoodley Low-Carbon Homes Club!

In Alwoodley, our homes are responsible for 27% of our carbon footprint, each of us emitting an averaging 3.4 t CO2e from our home energy use per year. This is among the highest emission rates from homes in the city. Working together to reduce these emissions can make a meaningful difference to the city's drive to zero carbon. Are you interested in doing what you can to reduce the carbon footprint of your home? Are you keen to undertake eco-positive home refurbishment, and to be able to have a community of like-minded Alwoodley residents to support your journey?

Join the Alwoodley Low-Carbon Homes Club!

It's a simple model:

Make a pledge to make at least one change to your home to reduce your use of carbon in your home over the next twelve months (large or small changes all count!).

Click here to pledge and join the club!

Take at least one action and report back to Alwoodley 2030 so we can calculate our collective carbon Reduction impact!

We invite you to take a look at the data for carbon emissions in Alwoodley v other wards.

What's On?

Thermal Imaging Camera

Our Low Carbon Homes Club now has a Thermal Imaging Camera to lend out. There is a suggested donation of £5 to borrow it for a week and it connects to your smart phone. It will help you identify the cold spots in your home, showing you where you are losing heat fastest. This is useful information when thinking about what actions to take to make your home more comfortable and save you money. Please sign up here to get on the waiting list for October:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyGz-xhzr5lZNgv2PIQNW9ZrGPHVzwpMjidl6iJDw26CHvoQ/viewform

Buckstone Study

We've recently conducted a study of homes in the Buckstones. We look forward to sharing the results of that survey, along with a guide on how to conduct a DIY home survey to discover your energy leaks. Watch this space!

Past Events

Ask Me Anything: Thermal Imaging

12th October at the ACA

Ask Me Anything: What can I do myself?

Speaker: Jed Aitchison

Wednesday 9 October 2024, 6-7.30pm, at Alwoodley Community Association

Join us for a relaxed evening where you can ask our community and experts anything about how (and why!) you should install your own insulation.

Ask Me Anything: How do I make my home cosy?

Speaker: Green Doctor

Wednesday 9 October 2024, 6-7.30pm, at Alwoodley Community Association

Join us for a fun and informative session where we'll speak with our experts about how we can make our homes cosy! Followed by a social.

How Local and National Policy Support Community-Driven Initiatives

Speaker: Councillor Katie Dye

Wednesday 9 October 2024, 6-7.30pm, at St Paul's Hall

Councillor Katie Dye will be the speaker at our October meeting. Katie, a Labour Councillor, chairs the council's Climate Emergency Advisory Committee, the group which monitors the impact of Leeds City Council’s programmes designed to address the climate emergency. Katie will be attending this meeting, partly to answer our questions about local and national policy and also to learn more about

what we have managed to do so far; what we still plan to do and, maybe, what we are struggling with.

How to Undertake an Full Home Retrofit

Speaker: Colin Munro from WRAPT

Wednesday 17 July 2024, 6-7.30pm, at Alwoodley Community Association

Colin Munro will be the speaker at our July meeting. Colin has a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Urban Development from Malmo University, Sweden, and is a qualified Retrofit Coordinator. He is a Director of Wrapt Homes, a Leeds based business focused on making whole house energy upgrades easy. Wrapt is currently delivering projects across the region including energy efficient show homes for York City Council. Colin is joining us to illustrate what someone who is passionate about reducing the carbon footprint of their home might do. This meeting really is for you if you want to learn about some of the more extensive retrofit options. It might inform the very next steps you take or provide a template for longer term planning.

1st May 2024. Buckstones Eco-Refurbishment Neighbour to Neighbour Info Share. Local resident, Sarann, has had a home assessment and has undertaken work to reduce her home's carbon footprint. At this informal gathering, Sarann will share what she learned from the report and what home improvements she had done (including advice on materials and tradespeople). This will be particularly useful for people who live in semis in the Buckstones area (or similar housing stock elsewhere). We'll also share info on locan and national initiatives to help you make these changes to your home.

Our Growing Map of Low Carbon Homes Club Members (Post Code Only - We Won't Publish Exact Location)