Subject: Report back from Kraków 🇵🇱 Expanded heat pump offer and more...

Report from the European Energy Communities Forum, expanded heat pump offer and more.

This month we have an exciting report from Lorenza Casini and Jonathan Atkinson's time at the European Energy Communities Forum in Kraków, bringing together dozens of community energy groups from across Europe.

If you are looking for an exciting new role in the retrofit sector, this could be your chance: People Powered Retrofit are hiring! Our close collaborators are recruiting for two exciting roles, a software developer and a construction project manager. If you think either of these could be for you, take a look and get your application in now.

Energy Systems Catapult have expanded the criteria for their free air-to-air heat pump offer, and no longer require households to be in apartments. The main criteria now is that you must already have electric heating not a gas boiler. If you think this applies to you, then check it out.

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European Energy Communities Forum 2025

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The month of May saw Lorenza Casini, Energy Commons team lead, and Jonathan Atkinson, Retrofit team lead, together with colleagues from People Powered Retrofit, head to the 2025 European Energy Communities Forum.

Read about their experience and and what they learned in Kraków in this blog post from Lorenza Casini.

Read about their experience

Could you get a free air-to-air heat pump? - EXPANDED CRITERIA

We shared this callout in our previous newsletters, but now the criteria has expanded, and you no-longer need to live in flat

Fancy getting a new, more efficient, heating system for free?

Energy Systems Catapult are looking for homeowners with electric heating and smart meters to join our energy research project.

Eligible applications could get an air-to-air heat pump installed in their home completely free of charge. An offer worth up to £7,000.

Learn more and apply

People Powered Retrofit are hiring!

Software Developer role

People Powered Retrofit are looking for an experienced software developer to join their team. You will play a key role in improving and evolving their modelling platform, which involves integrating elements of building physics so that trained assessors are able to generate various retrofit scenarios.

Learn more and apply below

Deadline: 7 July 2025

Apply now

Construction Project Manager (Householder Service)

This is a construction project management role operating within a private domestic project setting. Working with householder clients, you will be operating as part of a small, integrated Retrofit Householder Services Team, alongside assessors, advisors and designers. You will be overseeing and coordinating projects across the client journey including retrofit planning, design and support services.

Learn more and apply below

Deadline: 23 June 2025

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Subject: Report back from Kraków 🇵🇱 Expanded heat pump offer and more...

Report from the European Energy Communities Forum, expanded heat pump offer and more.

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