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What kind of engineer?

In our programme, we pair volunteer engineers with community groups to understand what a net zero future holds for their venues. Groups who are interested often ask us, “What is an engineer exactly, and who counts?” You might find the answer surprising.

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First sessions running – are you next?

We’re extremely proud to say that our first set of engineers and group leaders have been trained, and we’re getting reports that they’re doing their first sessions! Temperature and Relative Humidity sensors have been dispatched, session materials have been distributed and our games for session two are being printed as I type. It’s difficult to […]

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Recruiting group members

We’ve had a request from a busy charity that has been paired with one of our Engineers without Borders volunteers. They’d like us to suggest words they can send out to help them recruit the members for their small group. Charity volunteers tend to be passionate and dedicated, but over-stretched, and it can be tricky […]

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Finding an Engineer

We’re very impressed by the engineers who have been signing up for the programme!  We’re finding community groups for them, but we also need to help community groups in other locales to find engineers near them. If you are a group without an engineer, we suggest you reach out through your community – notice boards, […]

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Finding groups for engineers

Recruitment for our programme is going well and we’re just starting to match engineers to groups. Lots of people have asked how this is going to work, and the answer is – we haven’t done this before! Here’s how we’re going about it. For engineers who don’t already know what community group they want to […]

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An apology to those outside the UK

We’re getting good interest in engineers and community groups wanting to take part in the programme, and an unexpected surprise – some of them are outside the UK. They are very keen to take part, and we’d love to be able to support them, but it’s not something we can do at this time. HeatHack’s […]

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Open for applications

We are currently accepting applications from UK-based community groups and volunteer engineers who want to be involved in our new programme. You can read more about this opportunity on our website. https://heathack.org To apply, please use these forms. HeatHack – Application Form for groups HeatHack – Application Form for engineers If you have any questions, […]