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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Scotland’s Climate & Nature Strategy 2026: Loco Home retrofit
How Loco Home is Helping Lead Scotland’s Climate & Nature Strategy We have some exciting news to share! The Scottish Government has officially launched its new strategy—Our Scotland, Our Future: Public Engagement Strategy for Climate and Nature 2026—and Loco Home Retrofit is featured inside as a case study. Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin MSP made it…
1930s Home Retrofit: Heat Pump, Solar PV and EV Charger.
Transforming a 1930s Semi into an EPC A Energy-Independent Home with a heat pump solar pv and ev charger “I’m spending far less on energy, spending far less on fuel for the car…I’m really happy with all the changes that we’ve made and they’ve paid off.” https://www.rettie.co.uk/property-sale/gwe260422 1930s house heat pump What does a 1930s…
Building Scotland's Network of Retrofit One-Stop Shops
A network of retrofit one-stop shops could accelerate Scotland’s net zero journey. At this year’s BE-ST Fest International Retrofit Conference, Loco Home founder Chris Carus set out a vision for how Scotland can speed up home decarbonisation: a network of local one-stop shops supporting homeowners, community groups and local authorities alike. The Problem The problem…
Is a Heat Pump Right for You and Your Home? Independent Advice from Loco Home's Founder
If you’re weighing up a heat pump for your home in central Scotland, you’ve probably noticed that advice varies a lot depending on who’s giving it — and that some will tell you your home needs to be super insulated first. In a recent talk at the BE-ST International Retrofit Conference, Chris Carus shared his…