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Currently Salix Finance can provide new Recycling Funds for Scottish Universities and Local Authorities.  For more information or to make an application, please click here.

Since 2007, The University of St Andrews has been reducing carbon emissions and saving energy across its estates, with the support of a Salix ring-fenced recycling fund.

Close of 2016/17 Round - One Month to Go

This is a reminder that applications for the 2016/17 round of funding will close on 10^th February 2017.

Salix will assess applications as they are received, so early submissions are encouraged to allow the maximum possible time for any follow up discussions on your projects.

Alexandra Hammond, Associate Director of Sustainability for Essentia and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and Scott Buckler from Sustainability Day (4 all of us), together with Salix, will be hosting a webinar ‘Funding Sustainable Success’ on Wednesday 18^th January 2017 at 12:15pm.

One of the areas Salix can provide funding for is museums in the public sector. In this sector, as well as the carbon and financial benefits of undertaking energy efficiency projects, key benefits are maintaining the internal environments and reducing the maintenance of the building.

It is confirmed that Annie Shepperd will receive an OBE for her significant contribution to energy efficiency and child protection over her career. The Queen's New Year Honours Lists 2017 recognises the contribution of a wide range of people across the UK and was announced on the 30^th December. Annie is the Chief Executive of Salix Finance and also sits on the board of the Lucy Faithful Foundation, dedicated to the eradication of child sexual abuse.

 The Scottish Government continues to lead the way with low carbon development; last year investing over £5.3 million of interest-free funding through Salix Finance to support energy efficient technologies with Scottish local authorities and public sector bodies. This funding is expected to save over £18 million in public sector energy bills over the lifetime of these projects.

With 2016 drawing to a close, Salix is pleased to reflect on the successes throughout 2016.

In April of this year, Salix won the Financier of the year and Company of the year in the New Energy and Cleantech Awards.

The awards celebrated the outstanding achievements of companies committed to the use of clean energy. The awards, now in their ninth year, celebrated the companies contributing to a greener planet.

Gloucestershire County Council has worked together with Salix since 2009, undertaking numerous energy efficiency projects across their wider estate. They became the first council to undertake a LED street lighting project funded by Salix Finance.

In the third and final of our street lighting series about Gloucestershire County Council we look at their plans for the future.

Salix are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for RGF 16/17. The funding is available for over 120 energy-efficiency technologies and is repaid through the savings made on energy bills.

Gloucestershire County Council has worked together with Salix since 2009, undertaking numerous energy efficiency projects across their wider estate. They became the first council to undertake an LED street lighting project funded by Salix Finance.

In the second of our street lighting series about Gloucestershire County Council we look at the planned roll out and impressive lifetime savings of the programme.