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The physical nature of the East of England makes it particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change, with the need for waste and water resource efficiency and carbon reduction strong in both the business and residential communities of the region.
Groundwork East of England has a small environmental business team with good experience of supporting small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and we are working closely with local authority partnerships to deliver their resource efficiency programmes. We have a number of models of operation like Green Behaviours and Green Doctor™ which are designed to work with local communities in their neighbourhoods.
These initiatives operate very much at the coalface of change, where mass impact can be felt. Our Business Energy Audit Programme with SMEs achieves the same result for individual businesses or when linked with landscape improvements can effect huge change across Business Improvement Districts.
Location: Felixstowe Kingsfleet Primary School in Felixstowe started working with the Suffolk Coastal Community Environmental Action Advisor following its participation in a Local Strategic Partnership survey, to relate the curriculum to recycling and energy use issues.
Location: Standford-Le-Hope L.E. Brand & Sons Ltd are funeral directors in Stanford-le-Hope. They have recently purchased a new building that needed to have extensive refurbishment. They came to Low Carbon Business for help in making the building as energy efficient as possible.
Location: Rayleigh Bryce Meadows have completed the renovation of an old public house in Rochford with the opening of The Grey Goose in November 2011. Low Carbon Business assisted with the project by providing advice and funding towards energy efficient measures
Location: Rochford ESW Chartered Accountants has enjoyed rapid growth since the practice was established and has recently moved into new offices in Rayleigh. Their existing boiler was old and inefficient and ESW hoped they could replace it.
Location: Basildon TWO Cleaning & Maintenance knew what they needed to do but could not justify the expense in the current economic climate. They contacted the Low Carbon Business Programme to help them with this issue.
Location: Basildon MotorAid Ltd wanted to reduce their carbon footprint and conduct an all round review of their workshops footprint in order to enter the category of “Best Green Business” at the awards in 2011.
Location: Castle Point As a young company, Square Mile Publications discovered the support that Low Carbon Business provides in helping to make their business greener.
Location: Basildon An established business in Basildon, The Finishing Line, approached the Low Carbon Business Programme for support in reducing their gas and electric usage.
Location: Luton Groundwork is working alongside Whipperley Infant School in Luton to help transform the school grounds to enable the teaching and learning of science outside of the classroom.
Location: Luton, Bedfordshire Groundwork's successful Mind, Body & Soil horticultural therapy programme comes to Bedfordshire, with our first project launched in April 2011 at Harry Scott Court Residential Housing Unit in Luton.
