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Strategic Energy & Sustainability

At Rolton, we have a specialist strategic energy and sustainability team dedicated to auditing, assessing, advising, developing, and supporting the implementation of sustainable, and resilient energy and decarbonisation strategies to meet climate change targets for corporate organisations, local authorities, investment funds, strategic landowners, property and land developers, energy providers, contractors and professional service advisors.

We assist our clients in understanding their energy requirement, consumption, and efficiency, offering solutions as to how energy use can be minimised through conservation, recovery and efficiency enhancement, can be supplied/offset through local renewable and low carbon energy generations, including reducing the carbon impact of projects through stakeholder analysis and engagement.

Our knowledge of built environment and sustainable design can be applied in projects across a variety of sectors and our experience in this field has led to us working at a high level with international blue-chip companies and government bodies, providing expert advice on energy reduction, buildings and estate performance, and enhanced efficiency.

Whether site pre-acquisition, acquisition, new build, retrofit, extension or full refurbishment, we can apply our energy expertise and strategies from master planning, due diligence stage and feasibility stage, through to technical design, including support through; construction, commissioning, handover & close out, in use and post-occupancy evaluation.

When it comes to energy supply and generation, our engineers are technology agnostic, ensuring every client receives a bespoke and best-fit solution to match their unique requirements, with all options considered before recommendations are made.

Credit for photography: Working with Dorchester Living, we developed an ambitious new energy masterplan that combines digital innovation, embedded renewable energy, a clear trajectory towards net-zero for their Heyford Park mixed-use site, set on an old RAF base in Oxfordshire, to house 9,000 dwellings and commercial infrastructure.

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Our team typically offer the following strategic energy services:

  • Stakeholder analysis and engagement
  • Value Discovery Energy Audits
  • Power Network Infrastructure Assessment and Sizing
  • ESOS Audits (building, process & transport) and Reporting to Authorities such as the Environment Agency (England), Natural Resources Wales, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency
  • Integrated Energy Planning through whole system approach for electricity, heat, gas, and transport
  • Energy master planning including developing strategies to reduce energy consumption & reliance on grid connected energy
  • Feasibility studies to assess the opportunity to introduce renewable energy, alternative or future fuel
  • Electrification, decarbonisation and strategic removal and replacement of fossil fuelled systems and services
  • Assessment and comparison of renewable energy generation solutions
  • Development management of renewable energy generation solutions
  • Electrical and thermal energy storage solutions including Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
  •  Modelling and feasibility
  • Sustainability and carbon strategy
  • Policy and regulatory analysis
  • Advice on legislation and market modelling
  • Technical insight and support to outline business case
  • Investment planning, due diligence and negotiation
  • Assessment of the impact of Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging (EVC) and associated EVC strategy
  • Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) opportunity and associated strategy
  • Public and private utility supplies master planning
  • Micro and SMART grid
  • Greenhouse gas emission assessments
  • Net Zero Carbon (NZC) and carbon reduction strategy
  • Future proofing and flexible strategies around energy, fuels and emerging technologies
  • Mitigation measures against future energy price and taxation rises
  • Self-funded and fully funded strategies, to provide flexible financial options to our clients and customers including ‘behind the meter’ strategy.

Our Strategic Energy and Sustainability work closely with the Building Services Engineering team and the Strategic Land and Infrastructure team to seamlessly provide holistic approaches and technical implementation.

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Rolton attends Charity Gala Dinner, in support of Homeless Oxfordshire

12 February 2026

Our senior team enjoyed a wonderful evening at the Dorchester Living Charity Gala Dinner, in support of Homeless Oxfordshire, who provide accommodation for people experiencing homelessness.

Dorchester Living hosted an incredible evening – a great location, amazing food and entertainment, at The Heyford, on the site of the former RAF base in Oxfordshire.

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