Category: Energy

ThamesWey secures internationally recognised certification for its Environmental Management System

In support of ThamesWey’s ambition to make continual improvements to its environmental performance, ThamesWey has implemented an Environmental Management System conforming to the internationally recognised standard ISO 14001. The British Standards Institution (BSI) were chosen as the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accredited certification body, to certify ThamesWey’s management system. BSI conducted two stages of […]

ThamesWey wins £9.4m Government support for lower carbon heat

ThamesWey Energy’s plans to expand and decarbonise the supply of heat to Woking town centre have received £9.4m of Government support through the national Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).    Over the next 7 years, the funding will help towards the costs of extending Woking’s heat and cooling networks to supply energy to new developments […]

Poole Road Energy Centre featured in national construction news

ThamesWey’s new purpose-built energy centre at Poole Road has been showcased in Issue 45 of the Construction View magazine. Magazine cover The article describes the journey from the planning phase in 2016. Increasing demand for energy resulted in a need for a second energy centre in Woking to supply district heating  and cooling to commercial, [...]

Six months on, ThamesWey settled into new routines at Poole Road Energy Centre

In January 2022, ThamesWey crossed an important milestone by occupying the purpose-built office space above the Poole Road Energy Centre. For the first time in ThamesWey’s 23-year history, all Woking staff will be based at the same site. The office has been designed to follow the ‘modern industrial’ theme of the energy centre beneath it [...]

Work is underway to decarbonise two more of Woking Borough Council’s largest buildings.

Work has commenced on the installation of new lower-carbon heating systems for two of Woking town centre’s landmark buildings. Woking Borough Council-owned offices Export House and Midas House will be retrofitted with a new low-carbon heating system which will slash greenhouse gas emissions from these buildings and completely eliminate the use of gas boilers on [...]