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The words here from David might not sound like the most inspirational of quotes but they’re music to my ears because these are things we say so often at Energy Sparks. One of the most useful things about seeing a school’s energy data in graphical form is finding out that energy use is high at […]
Another summer holiday over, where did the time go?! We’ve been reminiscing about the holidays in our own way – by looking at energy consumption statistics! We’ve been comparing this summer with last summer (the energy use, not the weather). We know not all schools completely close down during the holidays, but even those that do open […]
Over the past year, the number of schools that Energy Sparks supports has grown four fold. We are now releasing our first annual ‘Energy Efficiency in Schools’ report. This report aims to highlight some of the issues facing schools when it comes to energy efficiency. We also focus on what low cost, or no cost […]
If you have opened Energy Sparks this morning and found things look a little different, that’s because we have launched our exciting new advice pages. Over the last few months, our developers have been working hard to improve our detailed analysis pages designed primarily for our older student and adult users. We’ve taken onboard feedback […]
There are a number of updates happening on the Energy Sparks platform at the moment. The most significant of these is the update to the adult advice pages and their subsequent translation into Welsh. We’ve taken this opportunity to make a few other improvements, particularly now we have a much larger number of schools within […]
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 […]
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 […]
In December, the Department for Education released new energy efficiency guidance for the school and further education estate. At the same time they announced that every state school in England would receive funding towards energy efficiency improvements. If anyone hasn’t spent it already, here is our guide on the most important things to use it […]
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 […]