14 Dec Schools and colleges in England win £500 million to spend on energy efficiency upgrades
Schools and colleges in England can now make much-needed energy efficiency upgrades with a share of £500 million allocated by the government. The aim of this scheme will not only help them save money, but it will make them more energy efficient during the cold period and increase winter resilience for future years.
Tackling carbon a reduction in Britain’s educational infrastructure is pivotal to reaching Government targets, with analysis by the campaign group People and Planet revealing that 59% of UK universities had failed to meet a target to cut their emissions by 43 per cent between 2005 and 2021.
Serving as Britain’s leading energy-saving platform, SaveMoneyCutCarbon has years of experience helping schools and colleges in auditing, specifying and installing energy-saving projects. In just one year, their services have reduced energy consumption by over 3 million kWh, saved thousands of litres of water and reduced CO2 emissions. Further information about their projects can be found here.
The new funding, announced earlier this month, will be provided in the form of grants and means that the cash-strapped sector can invest in low-cost LED lighting, heating controls and other measures that will reduce energy use, particularly during the cold and dark winter months. The government advises that under the new funding scheme, on average a primary school will receive approximately £16,000, a secondary school will get £42,000 and a further education college group will benefit from £290,000. Further analysis indicates that a typical primary school with 200 pupils could receive £28,000, and secondary schools with around 900 pupils should get approximately £170,000.
SaveMoneyCutCarbon has years of experience helping schools and colleges in auditing, specifying and installing energy-saving projects. In just one year, their services have reduced energy consumption by over 3 million kWh, saved thousands of litres of water and reduced CO2 emissions. Further information about their projects can be found here.
How SaveMoneyCutCarbon’s Carbon Mentor programme works:
They will be sent a link to book a 30-minute, no-obligation conversation with one of the team’s IEMA-qualified energy and carbon mentors via Zoom.
The call will focus on how the specific organisation can save energy and water to reduce energy costs, and how this will benefit their profit margins. Whilst issues of carbon reduction was the main driver of calls previously, it has now taken a backseat due to the exponential increase in energy prices. During the call, all applicable technologies are discussed to help the organisation reduce energy and water consumption.
A series of informative guides are supplied to the client, who decides whether they’d be interested in moving forward with the mentorship.
If the business decides to move forward, SaveMoneyCutCarbon will always recommend an audit, to begin with – this measures the amount of energy and water being consumed across the building.
Ways to make reductions are recommended, using an interactive tool which demonstrates the savings and costs associated with the changes.
The client decides if they have the funds to finance any retrofit solutions – or we finance it for them.
SaveMoneyCutCarbon delivers on the project, complete with installation and project management through to maintenance and aftercare.
