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Greener, cleaner power for new town centre office building
The newly-refurbished Victoria Gate office building in Woking town centre is now running on ThamesWey’s district heat and power network, earning it some impressive sustainability credentials. Continue reading
Canalside: Transforming Sheerwater into a thriving sustainable community
Work has begun on Canalside, the long-awaited transformation of the Sheerwater area of Woking. The major regeneration project will breathe new life into the area and create many more much-needed homes, with a significant increase in affordable housing.
Woking SMEs benefit from ThamesWey’s free energy consultancy
This year ThamesWey, through their Action Surrey project, have been offering free energy efficiency consultancy for SME businesses in the Woking Borough Council area. Energy efficiency is an increasingly important issue for smaller businesses and there are many ways in which substantial savings can be made as well as reducing carbon emissions.
This pilot has been funded by ThamesWey Sustainable Communities in order to develop its energy efficiency consultancy services towards businesses, and to help Woking Borough Council make progress against its Woking 2050 sustainability strategy by lowering carbon emissions from local business and industry.
Grants of up to £4,000 available for LED lighting
Action Surrey, on behalf of Thameswey Sustainable Communities, is offering a grant of up to 1/3 of the installation costs (up to £4000) towards an upgrade to LED lighting in community buildings within Woking Borough. Continue reading
ThamesWey Housing launches energy efficiency programme for tenants
ThamesWey Housing, working with Action Surrey, is delighted to announce the launch of a large scale programme to improve the energy efficiency of rented properties in the local area.
ThamesWey moving ahead with district energy network expansions
Work is underway to connect Woking’s newest office development to ThamesWey’s heat, cooling and electricity networks. Continue reading
ThamesWey funding helps Woking residents improve their homes
Earlier this month ThamesWey Sustainable Communities, through its county-wide energy efficiency programme – Action Surrey – opened up £64,000 of funding to the public to provide grants for home energy efficiency measures. Continue reading
Powering Woking’s new landmark office development
Woking’s newest office building is to be connected to Thameswey’s district heating and cooling networks. Victoria Gate is undergoing extensive refurbishment and enlargement with the addition of a floor and roof terrace to create a major new landmark building. Continue reading
Action Surrey launch website to save energy
ThamesWey Sustainable Communities project, Action Surrey, has just launched a new website to help local residents and organisations stay warm, reduce their energy costs, and reduce their environmental impact.
As the county’s leading provider of energy saving advice, we are using the site to help people access approved contractors for energy saving property improvements such as wall or loft insulation, new boilers, solar panels and more.
When you enquire you will get access to your own unique profile tracking your installations, as well as giving you an insight into further actions you could take to save energy. The website will also feature an interactive blog for people to share their thoughts on anything from how they stay warm at home, to wider sustainability and energy issues that they wish to discuss.
John Scott, who helped to develop the website, said that “we think this is a great resource for local people to take positive action to improve their home and environment, and to share ideas and thoughts on how they want to do this”.
The new site is now live at actionsurrey.org. For more information email info@actionsurrey.org or call 0800 783 2503.