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Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Decarbonise your energy supply

Start to reduce your energy use and look for more sustainable ways to get your energy supplies. With better energy awareness, staff and learners can get involved too.

Explore energy supply options

By engaging with your energy suppliers and partners, you will be able to start exploring more sustainable energy supply options, such as solar panels, heat pumps, renewable energy supply contracts, and even wind turbines.

Long term action
Identify opportunities for renewable energy generation

Assess opportunities to install on-site renewable energy generation, such as solar panels or canopies, ground source heat pumps, biomass boilers, or small wind turbines.

One off action
Develop an energy re-procurement plan

Outline a strategy to renew or renegotiate contracts for your electricity and gas supply, with a focus on cost savings and sustainability. This plan typically includes steps such as assessing current energy usage and costs, researching renewable energy options and suppliers, soliciting bids or proposals from energy providers, evaluating contract terms and pricing structures, and negotiating favourable agreements.

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Arrange basic energy awareness training for all staff

Energy awareness training is an important step towards changing behaviours and getting buy-in, with the aim to conserve energy and reduce consumption across your setting.

Long term action