Category: Timeline Stories
All timeline stories.
ThamesWey completes landmark town centre residential development
ThamesWey completes Harrington Place, ThamesWey’s flagship, sustainable, Woking town centre development.
ThamesWey changes to 100% renewable electricity
ThamesWey appointed Ørsted, a leader in offshore wind, to provide top-up electricity to our networks in Woking and Milton Keynes. For all ThamesWey supplied sites in Woking and Milton Keynes, the electricity bought from the grid to top-up that generated by our energy centres is now 100% renewable, generated by offshore wind farms.
Poole Road Energy Centre breaks ground
ThamesWey, together with construction partner Galliford Try, broke ground on Woking’s new low-carbon Energy Centre.
ThamesWey completes first new homes with swift bricks
ThamesWey has completed its first housing development containing swift bricks. The 12 swifts bricks have been incorporated into two new family sized affordable homes which have been handed over to Woking Borough Council.
ThamesWey breaks ground on Canalside development
After years of planning and consultation, the first diggers have begun work on the multi-million pound regeneration of the Sheerwater estate. Teams broke ground to start building a state-of-the-art leisure complex as part of the Canalside development. This major regeneration project will breathe new life into this area, creating a thriving, sustainable community that meets the changing needs of modern living.
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. Choosing this local supply for all its power, heating and cooling requirements has helped the prestige redevelopment achieve an ‘Excellent’ status in its BREEAM sustainability assessment.
Poole Road energy centre planning application approved
ThamesWey’s planning application for the Poole Road energy centre was approved. The new energy centre will secure the future of low carbon energy supplies in Woking for the next 50 years:
ThamesWey begins a 12 month energy storage trial on 11 properties
ThamesWey begins a 12 month energy storage, using batteries, trial on 11 properties. The batteries will enable residents to store unused solar energy generated throughout the day for use at night.
Major renovation of 50 former MoD properties in Pirbright completed
ThamesWey completes major renovation of 50 former Ministry of Defence properties in Pirbright to improve the comfort of the homes and reduce the energy bills for tenants. The energy efficiency “make-over” included installing wall and roof insulation, solar panels and upgrading old, inefficient boilers.
ThamesWey launches an Earn Your Deposit scheme
ThamesWey launches an Earn Your Deposit scheme to help ThamesWey tenants save towards a deposit to buy their own place.