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Anthesis: carbon consultancy for PSDS

Anthesis is a sustainability and carbon consultancy that operates across LA and MAT cohorts on PSDS. Focus: GCC modelling, lifetime kgCO2e calculations and Salix-portal compliance.

Oliver Wakefield-Smith

Founder · Digital Signet

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Services on PSDS

Pre-feasibility carbon baselining.
Lifetime kgCO2e modelling and Grant Carbon Cost calculation.
Salix-portal application compliance review.
Post-award carbon reporting against the bid.

Track record

School and FE cohorts across multiple regions; LA estate-wide PSDS programmes.

Engagement structure

Typical structure: discrete pre-feasibility carbon-baselining piece, feasibility-stage GCC modelling, then ongoing reporting support post-award. Often paired with an engineering consultant (e.g. Ridge) for the heat-loss model.