Solar energy company Solarcentury worked on a £5.5 million project to turn Manchester’s CIS Tower, a noted local landmark, into the largest commercial solar façade in Europe. Mat Burgess is a ...

What was Greater Manchester’s first skyscraper? Arguably Greater Manchester’s first true skyscraper was the CIS Tower, which was built in 1962. It was the city-region’s first tall building ...

When the CIS Tower was built in the mid 1960s, it was not only the biggest in Manchester but the entire country. Standing at ...

Their CIS tower is covered by 7,000 solar panels and the company has built a large wind farm on top of another of their building in central Manchester. An insurance company in Britain, Co ...