Category: Guidance
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!
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…
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…
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…
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.
Over the last couple of months, we have been sharing our top tips for cutting heating waste at your school. But we know that you are busy, and that things can feel overwhelming. So if you do only five things this winter – make it these…
Why should your school save energy? When budgets are tight and to-do lists are a mile long, it’s easy to focus on the bottom line – energy bills. But here is the real bottom line: cutting carbon is as fundamental to the future of young people as a good education.
So your heating is on and you think it’s set up correctly. But how can you be sure that everything is working as expected? Find out how Energy Sparks tools can help you stay on track to save energy this 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.
Setting energy saving targets for your school can be a great way to galvanise your team to take action, and to understand whether these actions are achieving meaningful impact. But how ambitious should you be? Here we offer some advice.