Skinny Decarbonisation – a smarter, leaner way to tackle energy and carbon savings
Our “skinny” approach to decarbonisation costs clients 50% less than traditional methods, helping you achieve net zero more cost-effectively. We support you at every stage—from strategy and funding to business case and project delivery.
Issues that organisations are facing:
Whilst there is significant pressure for organisations to reach net zero by 2035 – 2040 they are facing significant challenges, including:
- The aging estate that requires investment and difficulties in how to prioritise.
- Budgets being stretched and insufficient funds to do what needs to be done
- Working to decarbonisation targets with the resources they just don’t have.
- Struggling to justify spend on decarbonisation projects with no ROI
- Complaints about poor working environment and pressure on space and the need for expansion
The Solution
Skinny Decarbonisation is a proven process that uses live granular data to measure and profile energy usage, space utilisation and air quality to pinpoint specific areas of focus and improvement including fabric, M&E systems and controls. This is then packaged up and shared with a compliant supply chain in competition to encourage innovation and cost efficiency and will deliver guaranteed savings using the live performance data as a base line.
Key Benefits
The Skinny Approach will deliver the following benefits:
- Capital costs up to 50% less than traditional approach
- Revenue cost savings of up to 30% against traditional approach
- Guaranteed savings
- Customer and staff retention, happiness and well-being
- Real time (usage and consumption) data to reduce energy, maintenance and management costs
Who
We’ve already done this for NHS trusts, universities, schools, and local councils—and the results speak for themselves. Whether you’re chasing net-zero targets or just trying to make sense of where to start, we’ll work with you every step of the way to make it happen.
Public Sector Decarbonisation Funding
Need to apply for PSDS funding – Low Carbon skills fund or Salix funding? We can support you to submit a robust, compliant and high quality application on time. We can also provide you with all of the mandatory documentation to be submitted with your application including Project Execution Plans (PEP), Risk Register, Programme, Organograms an much more.
Already awarded funding but don’t know where to start?
Salix project management responsibilities involve comprehensive planning, compliance, and execution to ensure successful delivery of energy efficiency projects. This includes developing detailed project and financial plans, outlining timelines, milestones, and costs aligned with Salix-eligible technologies. Ensuring compliance with Salix funding criteria involves verifying that contractors, procurement processes, and sustainability objectives adhere to public sector regulations and cost-saving targets.
Salis also require a dedicated point of contact to be responsible for responding to queries, and updating progress reports and payment requests during project delivery to strict deadlines. Procurement processes must remain competitive and transparent. Effective monitoring ensures that projects stay within budget and on schedule, supported by regular site inspections and performance tracking. Clear reporting, financial oversight, and post-completion validation of energy savings are crucial to maintaining accountability and meeting grant conditions.
Our experienced project managers and specialists are dedicated to supporting you in successfully delivering your project while ensuring full compliance with Salix requirements and timelines, relieving our clients of significant pressure.
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Your passion for delivering carbon reduction initiatives is evident. Your team has been both professional and diligent with a wealth of knowledge and support over the years that has been invaluable in addressing our organisational green objectives.
Nick Huband
Director of Estates & Facilities at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
For more information please contact Jan Ponsford on jan.ponsford@epmpm.com














Services
Other services we offer.
Project brief planning
Providing strategic leadership, advice and support to executives helping them to create, articulate, develop the business case and deliver their strategic aims and objectives.
Project management
Through our highly experienced professionals we provide robust, high-quality programme and project management services delivering capital projects that help clients to transform their environments to be more inspiring, sustainable and efficient.
Case Studies
University Hospital Birmingham – Decarbonisation Programme
Members of the EPM team collaborated with the Trust to develop the strategy, create a unique procurement solution, obtain grant funding and deliver guaranteed savings of £1m per annum.
Cardiff Innovation Campus
A Senior member of the EPM Team Jan Ponsford was appointed as Programme Director on this complex high profile project linking industry with academia to improve lives and facilitate innovation and change.
Cherwell District Council – Eco Business Centre
Members of our team were appointed to manage the design, procurement, construction handover and occupation of the first Passivhaus plus building in the UK.