Connie Duxbury, the founding chief exec of Croydon Community Energy and occasionally a guest on our Croydon Insider podcast, was this week named Customer Champion at the Young Energy Professionals Forum Awards, staged at London’s Bankside Hilton Hotel.
Climate champion: Connie Duxbury with her award citation at this week’s event
At a glitzy event attended by more than 300 Forum members and energy industry big-wigs, Duxbury was the only candidate from the community energy sector.
Croydon Community Energy installs and manages renewable energy projects, like solar panels, on community buildings.
Set up in 2021, funded with grants and community shareholders, CCE started to roll out solar panel energy farms on Croydon buildings this year, as it seeks to reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills for local buildings while reinvesting profits back into the community through fuel poverty support and green jobs training.
It was Duxbury who last month highlighted how Croydon Council has been sitting on almost £4million-worth of carbon reduction grants for almost a decade, as the council fails to deliver on its commitments to work to reduce the impact of the climate crisis.
Duxbury’s Young Energy Professionals award was presented to her as someone “who has ensured the customer is placed front and centre in their work on behalf of the company”.
With her trophy in her hand, Duxbury said: “I am over the moon to have won this award!
“Our customers are our volunteers, our members, the people at our solar sites, the residents we support with free energy advice, our board and our wonderful community.
“I set up CCE because of a genuine drive to help Croydon accelerate towards Net Zero and take everyone along with us. I will continue to put our customers first, and want to say a huge thanks to the Young Energy Professionals Network for this huge honour!”
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