ELe was hailed by the Energy Institute’s judges as this year’s most innovative, beating competition from both UK and overseas companies and scooped the Energy Institute Innovation Award

Liverpool city region technology company Extreme Low Energy (ELe) has won a major prize at this year’s Energy Institute Awards.

The firm, which recently relocated from Formby to Skelmersdale, was presented with the 2017 Energy Institute Innovation Award by England Rugby Union World Cup winner Matt Dawson MBE at a ceremony in London.

Its project to install low-energy PCs at two Merseyside schools was hailed by the Energy Institute’s judges as this year’s most innovative, beating competition from both UK and overseas companies.

Professor John Loughhead, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, led the Innovation Award judging panel.

Mark Buchanan, founder and owner of ELe, said: “Our project related to reducing energy consumption for ICT in schools, delivering a simplified, more manageable, ICT suite and offering new learning and teaching opportunities alongside a richer digital experience.

“ICT infrastructures are already responsible for a significant proportion of electricity consumed, typically around 25% of an organisation’s energy usage, so we looked to develop a solution to help schools address these challenges whilst fulfilling the increasing technological demands of the curriculum.”

This latest recognition follows previous award wins for ELe in the GREAT Faces of British Business Competition, Merseyside Innovation Awards and Liverpool Echo Green Champions Awards.