The potential for green jobs in Cumbria
Published 2021. This report addresses two major issues that Cumbria faces: climate change, and the low incomes and high unemployment suffered by many rural communities. Download the report >>
Sustain Eden
Published in 2016. This report discusses a three-year project to help the communities of Eden to become more sustainable through adopting greener behaviours and adopting measures to reduce climate change. Download the report >>
Refitting your home to cope better with flooding
A guide to improving energy efficiency and resilience to extreme weather in traditional buildings. Download the report > >
European Rural Energy – Discovering the True Picture
Published 2013. This report details the findings of nine ambassadors who travelled to Germany to observe the manufacture of renewable energy systems. Download the report >>
Environmental cost of flooding
Published 2017. This research is an attempt to understand the environmental costs of flood events at a household level, and begin to suggest how these costs might be reduced. Download the report >>
Electric Vehicle Charging Deployment in Cumbria – Analysis & Forecasting
Published 2021. Our electric vehicles team investigated the question of how many EV chargepoints are likely to be needed in Cumbria between 2021 and 2030, when the government's ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles is scheduled to come into force. Download the report >>
Cumbria Carbon Baseline
Published 2020 This report looks at Cumbria’s greenhouse gas emissions and recommends methods to bring the county to net-zero. Download the report >>
CAfS Organisational Strategy 2022 – 2025
Published 2022. A document detailing what CAfS intends to do between 2022 and 2025 to help Cumbria reach zero carbon by 2037. Read the strategy >>
CAfS Annual Report 2020-21
Published 2022. A summary of CAfS activities and financial standings for the year 2020 - 2021. Download the report >>
CAfS Annual Report 2019-20
Published 2021. A summary of CAfS activities and financial standings for the year 2019-2020. Download the report >>
CAfS Annual Report 2016-17
Published 2017. A summary of CAfS activities and financial standings for the year 2016-2017. Download the report >>
CAfS Annual Report 2015-16
Published 2016. A summary of CAfS activities and financial standings for the year 2015-2016. Download the report >>
CAfS Annual Report 2014-15
Published 2015. A summary of CAfS activities and financial standings for the year 2014-2015. Download the report >>
CAfS 20th Anniversary Report
Published 2019. Instead of our usual annual report, for the year of 2018-19, we published a report on the activities of CAfS over its 20 year history. Download the report >>