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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.

Energy

Heating, electricity and other systems create emissions that contribute to climate change. These actions look at how to reduce emissions and reach Net Zero.

Milestones are key actions that enable you to complete your aims. You can also use them as points to share and celebrate your progress.

Complete an energy review

An energy review assesses your setting's energy consumption patterns, sources, and efficiency levels. It involves doing a walk-through of your site, and analysing your energy bills.

MilestoneLow costOne off action
Collect Scope 1 and 2 data

Gather information on your setting's energy consumption. You can collect this data by checking energy bills, meters, or asking your utility company to help you.

Low costRepeat action
Analyse Scope 1 and 2 data

Analyse the information you have collected on your setting's energy consumption (Scope 1 and 2). This will help you to understand your data and trends in your energy use.

Low costRepeat action
Agree some initial energy efficiency and decarbonisation aims

Set some short-term goals, interventions and behaviour changes to reduce your energy consumption and increase the energy efficiency of your setting.

Low costOne off action
Identify some quick wins to decarbonise your setting

Look for relatively easy and low-cost measures to help your setting reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, like switching to LED lighting.

MilestoneOne off action