How to get your school’s heating set up correctly for winter
Are you suffering from energy bill anxiety in the run up to winter? Here, we share guidance on how to avoid energy waste by optimising your heating set up at the start of the season.
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Five tips for getting your energy saving off to a strong start
From taking the right action at the right time to understanding your priorities, here we share our top tips and resources for getting your energy saving off to a great start.
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Feeling stuck? Here’s how to get help with using Energy Sparks
Whether you are completely new to Energy Sparks, need a refresher, or want to show your colleagues how to get the most out of Energy Sparks, there is plenty of help available to you. Here’s where to find it…
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Opinion: “If education is serious about climate leadership, it must mirror the disciplines already embedded in the private sector”
“When leadership is real, progress follows; when leadership is symbolic, nothing changes”. In this article Paul Edmond, Chief Finance and Sustainability Officer at HEART Academies Trust and co‑Chair of the UK Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN) challenges senior education staff to show real climate leadership, and learn from the successes and failures of the private sector. […]
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A simple framework to help you weave energy saving into your year
We want to help make planning and implementing energy saving efforts as easy as possible for busy school staff. In this entertaining but informative article, Nick Ashbee – Head of Education at Energy Sparks, shares a simple framework to help you take the right actions at the right times, and reveals some of our best hands-on activities that allow students to pitch in.
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It’s time to take action on your school’s electricity use!
Reducing your school’s out-of-hours electricity use is a surefire way to save money and cut carbon, but it takes a team effort. So as the sun starts to shine, it’s time for your students to shine!
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“It’s all fine, Sir!” – how to help your pupils get their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award back on track
Between the initial enthusiasm of signing up for DofE and the focus of expeditions, Coordinators and Managers can spend a lot of time trying to help students organise and complete their other Award sections. Nick Ashbee, Head of Education at Energy Sparks reminisces on how he tackled this challenge as a teacher, and shares our programmes that can help you address the volunteering section…
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Tips for schools and trusts on working as a team to reduce heating waste
Energy saving is a team effort. In this article, we discuss how to build a successful energy saving team, and talk about the key actions that different groups should take to save energy in winter…
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Holiday energy consumption: what to look for after a holiday
We often talk about preparing switch off lists to help you cut energy costs during the holiday. Here, Nikki Webb explains how you can use Energy Sparks to see whether your holiday energy use matched your expected, or whether you need to investigate further…
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12 Days of Energy Saving
It’s December, and we’re officially in countdown mode for the holidays! So, in the spirit of the season, we’re gifting you some daily tips to help address some of the most common causes of energy waste in schools.
By working through our tips, you can get things set up nicely for the holidays…and can cross ‘worry about energy bills’ off your to-do list. Click on the text below to read more detail.