Claudia Towner
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New funding partners needed for Energy Sparks
We are seeking new funding partners to enable our next phase of growth and to allow us to continue to support existing schools with a free or subsidised service. Energy Sparks has seen significant growth since last year. We currently provide our school specific energy management tool and education programme free of charge to over…
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Fantastic Autumn term and Christmas savings at Energy Sparks schools
We looked at the energy saving performance of schools that were on Energy Sparks during the Autumn term 2022, and have enough energy data to compare their consumption with the Autumn term in 2021. An amazing 332 schools achieved an average reduction of 10% in their electricity use. That’s over 3 million kWh across the 332 schools, a…
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Fantastic prizes to motivate pupils to take energy saving action
As well as reducing your energy consumption, you can also score points for every pupil activity you record on Energy Sparks. Keep recording activities throughout the year and you could be top of the scoreboard! Thanks to our funders we will be rewarding top scoring schools with grants towards an energy saving improvement of your choice. Maybe…
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Why does our school heating come on too early in the morning?
It is common in schools for the heating to come on too early in the morning. There are a couple of common reasons for this: Problems with the optimum start control Many schools have ‘optimum start control’ configured which looks at the outside and inside temperatures and automatically schedules the heating to start earlier in…
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What are the top energy saving actions for most schools?
The biggest savings in energy consumption can be made by making sure heating and hot water are turned off during weekends and holidays, by turning thermostats down (every 1C reduction in the temperature in a schools should reduce gas consumption by about 10%) and by making sure the heating doesn’t come on too early in…
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Welsh language version of Energy Sparks coming soon
Energy Sparks is delighted to announce Welsh Government is funding a Welsh Language version of the Energy Sparks energy management tool and its sustainability education resources for schools. By September 2022. Energy Sparks plans to release a translated website that focuses on the educational content, pupil and adult dashboards. A second release that covers more of…