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We remove barriers to home greening.

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Let’s be serious for a moment. At Gecko, our mission is emissions, and in the UK 26% of them come from homes. To reach net zero, emissions need to plummet, but they’re rising.

Heritage homes are some of the worst culprits. The problem being that most home greening measures are either too costly or disruptive. But usually both.

We believe that we will only achieve net zero by making home greening solutions as easy, affordable and as simple as possible.

Insulating your home should be stress-free, so you can spend your time worrying about other things, like the planet, or politics… Or maybe just something pleasant for a change.

Let’s be serious for a moment. At Gecko, our mission is emissions, and in the UK 26% of them come from homes. To reach net zero, emissions need to plummet, but they’re rising.

Heritage homes are some of the worst culprits. The problem being that most home greening measures are either too costly or disruptive. But usually both.

We believe that we will only achieve net zero by making home greening solutions as easy, affordable and as simple as possible.

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Insulating your home should be stress-free, so you can spend your time worrying about other things, like the planet, or politics… Or maybe just something pleasant for a change.

We are Gecko.
And we make home greening easy.

Handmade in Edinburgh.

Team Gecko Glazing.

Conveniently situated in Scotland’s beautiful capital, we are proud to build everything ourselves, enabling us to have a deep understanding of our customers’ needs and respond swiftly to production and installation requests. Our team consists of highly-skilled, experienced and friendly individuals who are dedicated to removing barriers to home greening.

In order to accommodate our rapid growth, we recently relocated our workshop to a significantly larger facility in the summer of 2023. This new space is four times bigger than our previous location, allowing us to effectively handle the anticipated business development in the years to come. With this expansion, we are well-equipped to meet the demands of our growing customer base and ensure continued success.

Welcome to the family.

Reducing emissions from the UK’s poorly insulated housing has always interested me. The problem is that home greening measures are too expensive, too disruptive, and it’s a problem we have to solve to achieve net zero emissions.

I think back to my own lovely (but chilly and leaky) single glazed sash windows. Upgrading with conventional double glazing was expensive and would send the originals to landfill; cheaper alternatives were ugly, very hard to install or didn’t work well.

In 2019, after years developing my alternatives, I asked my wife if I could ditch my well-paid job because I wanted to commercialise my idea. She said, “We’ve two young kids, a big mortgage and your job is cushy. That’s a no.” Or rather, that’s what she could have said. Instead, because she’s wonderful, she’s supported me all the way. And here we are, building Gecko Panes to make your windows warmer and energy bills cooler.

Gareth

FOUNDER

In 2015, I made a pivotal decision to transition from a career in established companies into entrepreneurship. Seeking new challenges and opportunities, I relocated to Scotland and began creating successful start-ups with patented products.

At the time, I had the privilege of serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence for the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation at the University of Edinburgh. During this period, I was lucky to meet Gareth, back in the early days of Gecko. Over a year later, Gareth approached me with an exciting opportunity to join the Gecko team and take care of their sales and marketing, and so here I am. No regrets.

Denny

SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR