A Winnersh-based company has been nominated for a prestigious award that highlights companies who are tackling climate change.
Tepeo’s Zero Emission Boiler is a plug-n-play replacement for existing fossil fuel boilers, that works with a hot water tank to deliver low carbon and low cost home heating.
The product is one of the finalists in the Energy Innovation category in the awards that are organised by climate charity Ashden.
The overall winner of the Ashden Award for Energy Innovation will reward an organisation with the potential to create large-scale impact.
The key drivers of UK energy use include our homes, and the two finalists are The Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust (HACT) in London and Tepeo from Wharfdale Road in Winnersh Triangle..
Dr Stephen Hall, Head of Awards at Ashden, said: “Our finalists are boundary-pushing pioneers cutting emissions and restoring nature.
“Crucially, they show how green jobs and community projects can drive a just transition and more equal society.
“This blows apart the ridiculous idea that net zero will make us all worse off. Politicians should put our finalists and other trailblazers at the heart of inclusive, ambitious plans for a sustainable future.
“They are taking on urgent national challenges, like upgrading homes and changing our relationship with the environment. But they can’t do it alone – investment and sympathetic policies are absolutely essential.”
The winners of the Ashden Awards will be revealed on November 14 before the COP 28 climate summit.
Ashden is a UK-based climate solutions charity which aims to accelerate transformative climate innovations and build a more just world. Ashden helps tell the stories of climate and energy pioneers in the UK, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Ashden Awards boost outstanding climate solutions. For more than 20 years our awards have backed radical ideas delivering lower emissions and a fairer world, with grants and development support on offer to winners and finalists. Since 2001, more than 250 ground-breaking organisations have won an Ashden Award, recognising their vital role in using innovative solutions to climate change, poverty alleviation and community resilience.
