West Suffolk Low Carbon Centre - West Suffolk College

In late 2010 the West Suffolk LSP launched a bidding programme to provide a sustainable legacy for the Partnership. The successful bid was submitted by West Suffolk College to which the WSLSP agreed to award £157,050 in May 2011. The funding will be used to help build a ground-breaking low carbon construction training centre. The College plans to create the first-class facility, at its new premises in Anglian Lane to demonstrate the benefits of sustainable technology and also to train students on the construction of new buildings using modern technologies, and the installation of environmental improvements in older buildings.

The vision is based on facilities that have been visited in Germany and a small training facility, which has been developed at West Suffolk College, as a result of involvement in the part-European funded Build with CaRe project in which the college is a partner. The college has already developed partnerships with manufacturers such as Daikin UK, who are experts in the heat exchange systems which are at the cutting edge of technology.

As well as training students in build, retrofit, installation and maintenance of energy efficient systems the college will promote the messages to a wide range of construction professionals and to community groups, using inventive displays to demonstrate environmental impact and cost savings.

The centre is an addition to the College's Construction and Building Services training facilities, rated Outstanding by OfSTED, which will be transferring to the new Milburn Centre in Anglian Lane in September.