by Lucy Meredith | Jan 12, 2021 | Air Quality, Behavioural change, Buildings, Climate science, Energy, Food and farming, Fossil fuel extraction, Local Groups, Transport, Working Groups, ZCY News
Happy New Year – we hope that you are OK in this challenging period. On the 12th August 2020, the campaign for the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) bill was launched. This is a Private Members’ Bill, and taking it through parliament will be a hard-fought...
by Lucy Meredith | Oct 16, 2020 | Buildings, Events, Local Groups, Working Groups, ZCY News
Join the Zero Carbon Yorkshire BUILDINGS/ AECB Yorkshire group for an online webinar and networking event on the subject of ‘Building Passivhaus at scale’. A great opportunity to learn from building professionals working on local authority large volume...
by Lucy Meredith | Sep 3, 2020 | Buildings, Energy, Events, Local Groups, ZCY News
Zero Carbon Yorkshire is exploring community retrofit projects in Yorkshire and the North of England. With the Green Homes Grant scheme coming into effect, we want to explore how communites can engage with the scheme and retrofit more widely. Speakers: Jonathan...
by Lucy Meredith | Apr 21, 2020 | Behavioural change, Buildings, Local Groups, ZCY News
After a year of campaigning and working with Leeds City Council and landlords, Zero Carbon Headingley has finally made sustainable housing an option for students in Leeds. See the article in the Yorkshire Voice about this new initiative. Find out more about Zero...
by Lucy Meredith | Mar 27, 2020 | Air Quality, Buildings, ZCY News
Could you help a student at Leeds Beckett university? He is currentlyconducting his dissertation research project on the effectiveness ofenvironmentally friendly housing at reducing carbon emissions. If you have time to fill in his survey he would be very grateful:...
by Simon Bowens | Mar 19, 2019 | Buildings, Divestment, Energy, Transport
With climate emergencies being declared across the county, Friends of the Earth’s new report identifies 33 of the most effective things that local councils can do to tackle climate change. From setting ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emissions, developing...
