Power in the City

04 - Hitting home

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Episode notes

This episode is all about staying warm. By putting a jumper on your home! Yes, it’s about the good old insulation trick - about retrofit, its benefits for householders and the difficulties (and nifty ideas) that arise when trying to scale that up across different building types and tenures. Join us as we hit home in Oldham and learn from local householders, crafts people and other brilliant experts.


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Episode credits
Power in the City is produced by Carbon Coop.
This episode was written and produced by Alex King.
Host: Britt Jurgensen
Local research & interviews: Melissa Kelly Shore
Sound design & postproduction: Barry Han


Interviews with: Ibrahim Hoque, OBA Millennium Centre Oldham, Aileen McDonnell, Mark Cox and Orianne Landers B4Box, Clare Rainsford, Onward Homes, Jonathan Atkinson, Carbon Coop


Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.