Whether you manage a school or a large educational campus, continuous heat and power is essential for safety, comfort, and uninterrupted learning. Power failures can disrupt classes, damage equipment, and create compliance risks – issues no Facilities Manager wants to face.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems generate heat and electricity simultaneously, making them ideal for larger educational sites with significant hot water demand. Campuses with swimming pools, sports facilities, or student accommodation often benefit most from CHP technology for heating and power.
These systems lower energy costs, can reduce carbon emissions by up to 30%, and help meet sustainability targets.
At Shenton Group, we maintain and optimise CHP systems to ensure they operate at peak efficiency and deliver the highest possible return on investment. For educational facilities running long hours, this means lower bills, greener energy, and reliable performance without compromise.
If the unthinkable happens and mains power fails, having a backup generator system ensures your site isn’t left in the dark. We design robust solutions for resilience and compliance, giving FM teams confidence that critical life safety services such as emergency lighting and lifts will continue to operate.
When a permanent generator isn’t required, our Power Call emergency generator rental connection service provides rapid response and peace of mind.
See how we’ve helped schools and universities maintain power continuity and reduce energy costs:
Discover how Shenton Group delivered rapid-response, centralised power solutions to over 100 critical healthcare sites – meeting every emergency SLA and transforming risk into reliability.
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A major gas network provider was facing critical disruptions due to unreliable generator maintenance. We stepped in with a tailored solution to keep their operations running smoothly – 24/7.
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Location: NationwideClient: Leading National Fibre Network ProviderEnd User: Businesses and Consumers NationwideSector: Fibre Network Infrastructure Products/Services Used: Client Overview Our client is a leading national fibre network provider operating across 190+ sites. They deliver high-speed connectivity to businesses and consumers, relying on resilient power infrastructure to maintain continuous service availability. Their operations are critical to … Continued
Explore how Shenton Group powered one of the UK’s leading water utility companies with turnkey generator solutions – including generator for hire UK, standby generator supply, and nationwide generator servicing for utilities.
Sector: Manufacturing Products/ Services The project included six rental generators of varying sizes: one 800 kVA, three 500 kVA, one 300 kVA, and one 200 kVA, supported by six bulk fuel tanks. Additional equipment included cables, delivery, installation, fuel management, cable ramps, and a load bank. Background This case study showcases Shenton Group’s expertise in … Continued
Sector: PharmaceuticalsLocation: Liverpool Products/ Services Background A global biopharmaceutical company, based in the north west of the UK, was expanding due to the increase in demand for pharmaceutical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further manufacturing and cold storage were required on-site, and temporary power was needed for this expansion. Project Overview Shenton Group was tasked … Continued
Client: Wiltshire CouncilSector: Local AuthorityLocation: Porton Down Products/Services Background Porton Science Park provides a platform for Science and Technology to innovate in an environment that welcomes and supports new business start ups. Working in partnership with Wiltshire council and DSTL (the Ministry of Defence’s Defence and Science Technology Laboratory), who are an existing customer, Shenton … Continued
Client: Amazon Direct Sector: Distribution Location: Tilbury Products/ Services Background Amazon Direct is one of the largest distributors in the UK with over 30 warehouses operating currently. In 2021 an unplanned service requirement arose in one of Amazon’s distribution centres, which resulted in the requirement for a rental generator. Shenton Group were asked to provide … Continued
Shenton Group’s solution provides the Bristol City Council network with huge electrical and heat savings and provides reductions in the city’s environmental impact.
Marble Arch Place, located on Bayswater Road, Marylebone, London, is a new mixed-use development. Shenton Group designed, supplied and installed the life safety and backup power solution for the site.
Client: Gratte BrothersSector: Mixed-Use Development Location: Soho, London Products/Services Background Ilona Rose House, set in the heart of Soho, London, is a 31,0,00sqm new-build project spread over 13 floors, including four below ground. With a build cost of £100m, the development will contain shops, restaurants, bars, offices, residential apartments, a gallery and a nightclub. Shenton Group … Continued
The Virgin Media Technology Service Centre, a campus facility in Knowsley, UK, was subject to technical upgrading of its supportive infrastructure to better enhance the power resilience to the site.
The existing Diesel Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supplies (DRUPS) technology became extremely expensive to maintain, leading to the decision to upgrade the equipment. Shenton Group was once again entrusted with this project due to an ongoing relationship with previous power installations for Virgin Media.
Project Manager – Hospital
Generator picked up, thank you for all your help and support througout the hire, the generator has been a god send.
Fri, November 7, 2014 – Electrical Site Foreman, Building Services Company
Fri, November 7, 2014 – Electrical Site Foreman, Building Services Company I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your site team for the excellent service you provided for the recent generator hire at the hospital. Special thanks goes to Tom and Doug for their professional manner in conducting the initial site … Continued
Sat, October 01, 2011 – IT Manager, Lift Manufacturers
Sat, October 01, 2011 – IT Manager, Lift Manufacturers The installation of the air conditioning was completed on time and to our complete satisfaction.
Fri, June 13, 2014 – Financial Director of Award winning Butcher
Fri, June 13, 2014 – Financial Director of Award winning Butcher It’s been a pleasure working with your company and should you wish to use as a reference site in future, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Tue, September 18, 2012 – Facilities Manager – Retail Company
Tue, September 18, 2012 – Facilities Manager – Retail Company Following our recent power failure I would like to thank the shentongroup, in particular the Rental division for your help and assistance during that very difficult time. shentongroup showed a very high level of customer service which instilled confidence from the first point of contact … Continued
Mon, April 29, 2013 – Contractor Supervisor, FM Company
Mon, April 29, 2013 – Contractor Supervisor, FM Company Just to say a quick thank you to James Hawksworth who helped us out over the weekend. We are quick to moan at people but not so quick in complementing so well done shentongroup.
Thu, November 01, 2012 – Electrical Contractor
Thu, November 01, 2012 – Electrical Contractor Please thank your engineer for his assistance yesterday with rectifying the phase rotation fault. Thank you for all your efforts with the quick turnaround, the client is very happy and pleased with the response to their demands
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Electrical Reseller
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Electrical Reseller They were very impressed with Steve who serviced the genset today. They asked whether they could have him do the services all the time?
Account Manager, Generation
On the whole your company have done extremely well paying on time and when asked to do so. We thank you for this. On this basis and to make future trading easier between ourselves, I have set up a meeting with my Director to discuss increasing your credit limit (among other accounts). Once I have … Continued
Thurs, March 30, 2017 – PA & Team Secretary, M&E Company
I just wanted to send an email with the feedback from attendees for the Combined Heat & Power CPD yesterday. Staff have said it was an excellent example of what a CPD session should be (by all accounts they have had some rather poor one’s in the past) and they asked me to feed this … Continued
Wed, September 18, 2013 – Prepayment Operations & Client Manager for a Global Technology Company
Wed, September 18, 2013 – Prepayment Operations & Client Manager for a Global Technology Company Just to let you know that all went well and install is completed. Thanks for a strerling job once again. Pass my thanks onto Alex and Andrew.
Tue, May 07, 2013 – Quality Manager, FM Contractor Company
Tue, May 07, 2013 – Quality Manager, FM Contractor Company Thanks for being so efficient and making the process very smooth. We are very grateful and will look to use you in the future when required.
