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ECSC

Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities

Energy Agency

Year created: 1982 No of staff: 15

Sources of Funding
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30% - National
70% - Private

Address
26a, Commercial Way
Woking
GU21 6EN
United Kingdom

Phone:
+44 14 83 74 90 40
Fax:

Web site: http://www.ecsc.uk.com

Primary contact

Director John THORP
john.thorp@ecsc.uk.com
phone: +44 14 83 74 90 41

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General Info

Energy Conservation and Solar Centre (ECSC) is a not for profit company working across the field of sustainable energy and climate change. ECSC is part of the Thameswey Ltd Group, which is a owned by Woking Borough Council in the UK. Woking Borough Council have lead the way in local sustainable energy and carbon reduction strategies in the UK and are often heralded as a beacon of good practice worldwide.

The ECSC carries out development and implementation of programmes to create socially responsible sustainable energy futures through energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources. This is achieved through:

  • Research and dissemination of information on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources;
  • Development, design and implementation of programmes, including training delivery strategies, to increase the contribution of energy efficiency and solar/renewable energy sources to meeting the future energy needs of corporate business, the fuel rich and the fuel poor.

ECSC continues to research the issues surrounding the practical application of energy efficiency, informed by its ongoing projects. This supports its advisory services and developing the future projects and initiatives needed to increase the role of energy efficiency in sustainable development.

Areas of expertise:

  • Empowering and changing citizens' behaviour;
  • Production of promotional material and dissemination of information;
  • Project finance and management, supply contract negotiation;
  • Advice on energy efficiency auditing, promotion of renewable technology, energy efficiency in buildings,small wind farms, solar energy specification,tendering, contractor selection,installation.
  • Educational material preparation and delivery.

ECSC is a national registered charity, set up in 1982, to advance the knowledge and application of energy efficiency. The development of practical locally focussed programmes to improve energy efficiency, throughout the UK, in households of all tenures and income levels, businesses and local authorities has been its focus ever since.