Save energy and reduce waste in schools

Schools come in all shapes and sizes, and their carbon footprints vary accordingly, but our free guide has advice and solutions that will suit nearly everyone.

Resource-efficiency has two major benefits for schools:

• Saves money – put hard-pressed funds to better use than dripping taps and waste-paper
• Reduce your carbon footprint – good for the environment, your environmental credentials, legal compliance, and pupil as well as staff engagement

Do Your Homework

Use our e-module to:

• Test your eco-knowhow – for instance, did you know that schools contribute up to 50% of local authority greenhouse gas emissions?
• Swot up on solutions – from scrap paper to switch-offs to setting up an eco-group

Strive for Excellence

Use our guide to assess and improve your use of:

• Energy – we'll help you plot your way through meter readings and Building Management Systems, temperature set-points and Heating Controls
• Waste – from refurbishing or recycling unwanted school computers to composting food waste, we've got it all covered
• Water – introducing a raft of water-saving ideas, from percussion taps to composting toilets to mulching plants in the school garden with the teachers' used tea-bags!

Report Cards

Our guide concludes with a detailed template to help you track and review your energy efficiency measures. A great way to track progress and keep you motivated.