Sustainability

Carbon-cutting school awards launched

Schools taking initiatives to save energy and reduce their carbon footprint have until May to ...

Put that light out!

Oundle was amongst the schools taking part in Climate Week and, say pupils, it's already havin...

Devon college cuts energy use by 65%

Okehampton College in Devon has significantly reduced its energy usage with the aid of real-ti...

A long-term engagement

It's one thing for a school to have a policy on sustainability, but it can be quite another to...

Schools could save millions on energy

The education sector is overspending £173m per year on energy reveals a new analysis by the En...

Biomass for Bede's

A bespoke financing package has enabled the East Sussex independent school to switch to wood p...

Warming to renewable technologies

Richard Hiblen looks at the role RHI has played in supporting the implementation of more susta...

How energy efficient are you?

Jonathan Valentine suggests five ways all schools can make dramatic reductions in their energy...

Renewable energy solutions launched

New partnership aims to help customers in the education sector make informed decisions about g...

Space-saving recycling bin stacks up

Leafield Environmental has created a modern space-saving recycling unit for Bath Spa Universit...

Biddenham goes eco

A new building that generates five times more power than it uses has been completed at Biddenh...

Leafield's new recycling initiatives

A survey conducted by Leafield reveals that the education sector is becoming increasingly cons...

Praises eco for student architect

Winning design chosen in Brambletye prep's competition to design a new Eco-Classroom, with pla...

School motors into medal table

St Swithun's students achieve bronze in the Greenpower heats of electric car racing competitio...

Lights out to fuel green campaign flame

Sussex school pursues green endeavours to promote environmental sustainability, including text...

Saving energy through maintenance

Daniel Betts of engineering contractors ECEX explains the improvements that essential maintena...

School sees the light & saves money

Redcar school cuts lighting energy consumption by 38% with low-energy upgrade technology from ...

Recreational recycling boosts economy

Leafield Environmental is working round the clock to keep ahead of orders for their top-sellin...

Ashden Awards winners announced

Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow and St Faith's prep school in Cambridge pick up leadi...

Dance stars launch Generation Green

Jordan and Perri from dance troupe Diversity help launch a £350k schools programme for British...

CBD set to launch new Energy Bonds

CBD Energy renews commitment to sustainability within UK schools and is set to launch a new tr...

Dorset school's energy efficiency upgrade

A Dorset boarding school is on track to wipe thousands of pounds off its annual energy bills, ...

Schools going green

The finalists for this year's Ashden School Awards, the UKâs leading green energy awards, ha...

Cleaning up

David Meacock looks at the options for schools wanting to bring water use down but keep hygien...

Don't get your fingers burnt

Schools, universities and colleges which are approached with offers of a free biomass boiler a...

Rooftop solar power deal for 22 schools

Secured Energy Bonds plc to develop rooftop solar projects in ambitious 1.25mWp English multi-...

Ten green tips for schools

Procurement cooperative Energy for Education has ten top tips to help schools manage their ene...

Sustainability and funding

Colin Morrison explores some of the funding options available to schools to help them further ...

What a waste

Pete Bramhall explains why now is a good time for schools to review their waste disposal and r...