ACE awards, conferences & exhibitions
CUSTOMERS VOTE AEA
TECHNOLOGY BEST
CONSULTANCY FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE AND RENEWABLES IN
EDIE AWARDS 2007
Environmental consultancy customers the country have recognised our expertise. efficiency, air quality and transport.
across the UK have voted AEA the Best “Alongside AEA’s other areas of Recently, AEA completed a six-year
Consultancy for Climate Change and specialism such as air quality, transport environmental audit assessment on one of
Renewables at the 2007 EDIE Awards held and resource efficiency, we intend to the world’s largest integrated oil & gas
on Tuesday 23rd October. continue to build our leadership position projects, Sakahlin II in Russia, it is the
Dr Garry Felgate, Managing Director in climate change and renewable energy, manager for the UK government’s
of AEA’s consulting business, said: both in the UK and internationally.” Envirowise project, one of the world’s
“Climate change is one of the biggest AEA Technology is a focused energy largest resource efficiency programmes
challenges facing businesses in the UK and environmental consultancy listed on and provides carbon management
and internationally. As a leading advisor the London Stock Exchange. It provides expertise to many of the UK’s largest
to the British Government, the EU and world-renowned independent consultancy private sector organisations. It is also
many other public and private sector advice to public and private sector supporting BT in the roll out of its £250
organisations, AEA has developed many organisations from policy creation through million programme to develop wind power
innovative ways to help mitigate the threat to programme implementation. AEA sites that aims to generate 25% of the
of climate change and enable businesses applies its energy and environmental skills Company’s electricity generation needs by
to compete more effectively. We are in specialist areas such as carbon 2016.
naturally delighted that customers across management & climate change, resource
SOMERSET FUEL PROJECT WINS
NATIONAL GREEN AWARD
An initative to cut carbon emissions in Somerset has won a
major national award. The Environment Directorate
Sustainable Development Teat at Somerset County Council
scooped the award for sustainability at the 2007 Public
Servants of the Year Awards ceremony in London.
The Team beat off tough competition to groups. This has enabled the team to install footprint and mitigate against the effecr of
win the accolade in the contest organised by a network of ‘E85’ fuel pumps and deploy climate change.
Public Finance magazine and backed by the bioethanol vehicles in key public and private “We are privileged and proud to win
Cabinet Office. The awards, now in theur sector fleets. Somerset CC is now looking to this award. The programme has had a
seventh year, celebrate the achievements of expand to the project outside the county to positive effect of the Somerset community.
the unsung heroes, individuals and teams, help advance the case for the introduction We look forward to witnessing the continued
working in the public services, who are of bioethanol as a viable alternative to fossil success of the programme and its
improving communiities across the UK. fuels. implementation in other services in
The judges praised the way the project Sonia Davidson-Grant, Corporate the future.”
implemented a rewnewable energy strategy Director, said: “we are delighted to receive Mike Thatcher, Public Finance editor,
leading to Somerset County Council this prestigious award which resulted from said: “We warmly congratulate the Somerset
becoming the UK Coordinating Partner of truly outstanding partnership working and Biofuel Project on their deserved win, and
the EU funded ‘BioEthanol for Sustainable an innovative approach to community wish them every success in the future. This
Transport’ initiative. The project achieved its leadership. Our sucess is result of the award is recognition of the vast contribution
success through hosting an international dedication and sheer hard work of the the team has made to its community, and
conference and forming partenerships with whole team, who are currently working on an example to othr public service teams.”
a number of public and private sector further initiatives to reduce our carbon
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