Low-Carbon Energy Firm Scoops RIBA Award for Sustainability

Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK –   LowC Communities, the Lincolnshire-based low-carbon energy specialist, has scooped another award for its innovative nursery and community building project in Shefford, Bedfordshire. Named ‘BEST House’ after its owner - Bedfordshire East Schools Trust (BEST), the £2.2m building won the coveted ‘Sustainability Award’ category in the RIBA Bedfordshire Architects Awards 2011.BEST House is a brand new, innovative building that generates the vast majority of its own electricity, heating and hot water from locally-grown rapeseed oil – resulting in incredibly-low

Low-Carbon Energy Specialist Strengthens Sales Team

LowC Communities Ltd, the Lincolnshire-based low-carbon energy specialist, has appointed renewable energy expert Doug Chaplin to head up its sales and marketing activities.Chaplin, formerly with Aquafuel Research Ltd, brings a wealth of experience to LowC, at a time when interest in its innovative renewable energy technologies is at an all-time high.  Richard Griffin, the company’s chief executive, commented: “We are really lucky to have secured the services of Doug and his enviable range of skills and experience in our sector. His background in agrochemicals, the international chemicals

New Renewable Power Technology Sparks Decentralised Energy Revolution

One of Europe’s fastest-growing low-carbon energy companies, LowC Communities Ltd, has announced the arrival of a renewable energy generation technology that will revolutionise the UK’s ability to secure a clean, sustainable and low-cost decentralised energy supply - at a community level.Using locally-grown, sustainably-sourced wood, the technology, named Arbor ElectroGen , utilises a highly-advanced form of gasification - a simple process that can trace its roots back to the 1800s when it was first used to produce ‘town gas’

Lincolnshire Energy Specialist Wins Building Excellence Award

Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK – LowC Communities Ltd, the Lincolnshire-based, low-carbon energy specialist, is celebrating after its ‘BEST House’ project in Shefford, Bedfordshire, won the coveted ‘Best Commercial Building’  category in the LABC Central Building Excellence Awards 2011.The award was presented to the project’s team by Alison Pipes, chair of LABC Central – a regional branch of the member organisation representing local authority building control departments in England and Wales.BEST House is a brand new, innovative building that generates the vast majority of its own

UK Government’s Carbon Reduction Strategy is ‘Missing a Trick’

UK’s Carbon Reduction Strategy is ‘Missing a Trick’

Rapeseed Oil CHP helps BEST House Reduce Carbon Emissions

Bedfordshire East Schools Trust (BEST) is celebrating, following the completion of its brand new £2.2M low-carbon, Rapeseed oil-powered, co-location building, at the Samuel Whitbread Community College site in Shefford, Bedfordshire.The project - which has been designed and constructed by the Stamford-based, low-carbon building specialist, LowC Communities Ltd - has achieved an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘A’ and ‘Outstanding’ level under BREEAM’s energy guidelines. Using an architectural design by Hanson Leddington Architects, the 805 square-metre building, named ‘BEST