Saint Ambrose College was identified through a One School Pathfinder project, procured through the Building School for the Future programme, for rebuild due to the poor condition of the existing school. The overall aim was to provide high-class sustainable facilities, which embraced the Catholic ethos and provided a world-class environment for a high achieving grammar school. This was captured by the external design, which is in the shape of a Celtic cross, and internal agile design, which incorporates a chapel at the heart of the school. The exterior supplements this with high-class sports facilities for a range of sports. The new building and part of the external area were handed over in Autumn 2012 and the sports pitches were completed in Spring 2013.

As a forward thinking College, they looked into efficient and energy savings options for the brand new building. One of the school’s largest initiatives was the installation of an ENER-G 125kW Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit.

By using CHP to generate electricity on site the heat created in the electricity generation process can be recovered and used by the school can use to provide its hot water and heating requirements. The CHP system was commissioned in July 2012 but started running properly in October aligned with the opening of the new school.