The Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities (ecsc) Ltd is a dynamic sustainable energy consultancy that became part of the Thameswey group in 2007.

Established in 1982 and is based in Woking, ecsc has highly skilled and experienced staff offering technical and strategic consultancy services to both public and private sector clients.

Having built a reputation for managing a diverse range of successful energy-related projects, ecsc now focuses on three core areas:

In response to the growing requirement for new developments to meet demanding energy standards, ecsc  offers a range of services for planners  including C-Plan,  a revolutionary collaborative  tool  that  enables planners to assess the performance of a proposed development and communicate efficiently with developers.  ecsc is working with a number of local authorities to promote and further develop C-Plan.  Other planning services including energy masterplanning and preparation of evidence bases in support of renewable energy and low carbon policies.

ecsc also offers comprehensive consultancy support for local authorities, developers and architects. These services range from high-level strategic support for local authorities implementing a sustainable energy or climate change strategy to generation of energy statements for single developments.

Finally, ecsc is also responsible to servicing the requirements of the Thameswey Group. Specifically this involves the management of the customer services for Thameswey Energy Ltd as well as the engineering for current and proposed Thameswey developments.