Loco Home Retrofit Impact Report 2025
We are proud to release our latest Impact Report, showcasing how we are acting to end the use of fossil fuels in homes while building community wealth.
As a social enterprise and community energy co-operative, our mission goes beyond supporting households to make their homes more comfortable, healthier, less costly to heat and greener. Our latest report shows how we support the Just Transition with local tradespeople and demonstrate to policy makers that good retrofit can be made more accessible.
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What Is Retrofit?
Retrofitting—the process of upgrading an existing building to improve how they feel and improving energy performance. When we talk about home retrofit, we mean fitting new energy efficiency measures and technology into your home, such as additional insulation, underfloor heating or a heat pump. This is to achieve better energy efficiency – which means lower…
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Keeping the Heat in: A Realist's Guide to Lowering Scottish Energy Bills
Lowering Scottish Energy Bills Let’s be honest. Living in Scotland means we’re often fighting a losing battle against the weather. We have some of the least efficient housing in Europe, and when you combine 100-year-old stone walls with a damp, freezing winter, your heating bill starts to look like a phone number (or you are…
Inspired by Guy Martin's home without bills?
INSPIRED by guy MARTIN’S home without bills? If you’ve watched Guy Martin’s Home Without Bills on Channel 4 on Monday evening, you’ll have witnessed how an existing home can be transformed and made more efficient. Common Question: What heat Pump Does Guy martin have? Using Google lens, we can ascertain that his heat pump model…