Most authorities are committed to net zero by 2030, but the principal capital route has closed, so the estate has to decarbonise out of money it does not have.
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, the main capital route for decarbonising public buildings, committed around GBP 1bn before closing to new funding in June 2025. The 2030 commitments did not close with it, leaving councils paying for expensive energy rather than frontline services.
The estate that has to deliver those targets is ageing and energy-hungry, wasting roughly 25 to 30% of the energy it uses, the same as the commercial sector. With capital constrained, every intervention now has to show a clear invest-to-save case.
Underneath the carbon target sit statutory duties on let buildings, owned water and energy assets, and social value in procurement. It is a multi-strand agenda landing on a single, stretched budget.
We cut the running cost of your estate and let the savings fund the carbon reduction, so net zero progress comes from money you are already spending rather than money you no longer have.
Energy, water and air are improved across public buildings and owned assets in place, so operating cost and carbon fall together and the savings build the invest-to-save case. The result is healthier buildings, lower bills and measurable progress against your net zero baseline.
One accountable partner carries the whole multi-strand agenda, from energy and water to cleaner air and even energy recovered from existing infrastructure, so your team is not stitching together a dozen suppliers against a single deadline.
Cut carbon across the built-environment portfolio, reported against your net zero baseline, with building energy optimisation delivering 15 to 30% savings.
Build the invest-to-save case the post-PSDS budget demands, so decarbonisation comes out of reduced running cost rather than new capital.
Cleaner air and water in schools, offices and public buildings, removing up to 99.9% of airborne pathogens with no ozone, and effective disinfection with no toxic residue.
Recover energy from the water already moving through your owned infrastructure, with no new civil works, turning existing assets into generation.
Integrate urban and controlled-environment growing that uses less water and fertiliser, supporting local food supply and community social value.
A single partner carrying the whole multi-strand agenda, so a stretched team is not managing a dozen suppliers against one 2030 deadline.
Independently evidenced, reported against your baseline.
The questions a council asks first are the right ones: can we afford it now PSDS has gone, is it safe, and where is the invest-to-save case?
So we build the answer into the work. Decarbonisation is funded from reduced running cost, so it fits a constrained budget rather than competing with frontline services. Every result is measured against your net zero baseline and reportable to members, and a single accountable partner carries the multi-strand agenda. We start with the part of the estate under the most cost or carbon pressure, prove the saving, then scale.
The model is invest-to-save: decarbonisation is funded from reduced running cost across the estate, so progress comes from money you are already spending on energy rather than new capital you no longer have.
Yes. Savings and carbon reductions are measured against your net zero baseline, so the same work that lowers running cost produces the evidence you report to committee.
Yes. The same programme delivers cleaner air and water in public buildings, removing up to 99.9% of airborne pathogens with no ozone and disinfection with no toxic residue, alongside lower energy cost.
No. A single accountable partner carries the whole multi-strand agenda, from energy and water to air quality and energy recovery, against your deadline.
Yes. Healthier public buildings, lower running costs and integrated local food growing deliver visible community benefit and support social-value duties in procurement.
Tell us the net zero gap or the cost pressure you are facing. We will build the invest-to-save case for that part of the estate, in confidence, before you commit.
Tell us the cost, the risk or the obligation you are facing. A senior member of our team will respond, in confidence, with how we would help.
