We have worked with over 20% of the UK's Universities to transform their energy infrastructure and make their low-carbon ambitions a reality.
For over two decades, we have empowered the UK’s Higher Education sector to turn ambitious sustainability goals into reality. Our expertise in decarbonisation has helped more than 20% of UK universities transform their campuses, delivering lower energy costs, greater operational resilience, and dramatically reduced carbon emissions.
At every step of your energy journey, we will be your trusted partner, committed to delivering a cleaner, more efficient campus where your staff and student can enjoy lower carbon learning.
The first step for any University should be to develop a full decarbonisation plan. Once you have a full understanding of how you generate and use energy you can begin to plan your route to Net Zero. Understanding how efficient your current system is allows you to identify improvements and be ready to move rapidly when competitive funding streams are launched.
Ensuring your project is financially and technically viable is essential for attracting funding. We help universities develop business cases using advanced financial and technical models to predict project performance, enable detailed cash flow analysis, and provide budget certainty. Through frameworks like RE:FIT, we also offer energy performance contracts that guarantee key KPIs, such as financial and carbon savings.
We use the pre-construction period to develop an understanding of your campus. We speak to all stakeholders, including building managers, to develop plans which minimise disruption whilst maintaining as much access as possible.
Once we have a construction plan in place, with traffic and pedestrian management strategies, we then communicate this to all staff and students through a range of channels to ensure all stakeholders are not only aware of any works, but are educated on the benefits and importance of the project.
We have sourced over £600m from both public and private finance sources and have decades of experience in supporting our clients through funding applications and then complying with all funding requirements.
Our contributions range from completing funding applications, developing investment grade proposals, detailed financial and technical modelling and advising on the most appropriate funding streams for your project.
Choosing the right procurement route is critical—it influences project development, delivery, long-term operation, maintenance, and the achievement of key KPIs. With extensive experience across solar farms, biomass, heat pumps, and city-wide heat networks, we tailor solutions to each client’s unique energy needs and campus profile.
Our expertise working within dozens of established frameworks enables us to guide Higher Education partners through compliant, efficient procurement processes, supporting their net zero goals from initial concept through to ongoing performance.
We have evolved one of the largest, most specialist work forces in the UK, alongside our trusted supply chain and subcontractors, to ensure we can deliver projects of any size or complexity, from simple energy conservation measures, to complex energy centres using emerging technology.
This expertise allows us to offer a complete turnkey solution, integrating with your professional team to deliver award-winning project which can sit at the heart of your green energy infrastructure for decades to come.
