St Saviours Infant School is Larkhall is raising £18,000 to become a Solar School. If you would like to help them by donating click here, or if you have any ideas for fund raising or would like to help, please contact the school at stsaviours_inf@bathnes.gov.uk Head teacher Ed Harker commented: “This year, to celebrate our school’s […]
Category Archives: Schools Energy
Results of B&NES Schools Energy Competition: a 20% average reduction in electricity consumption at 13 schools
Bath and North East Somerset Council in conjunction with Resource Futures have been working with 13 schools in the last year to encourage and support schools to run a behavioural change campaign to reduce energy usage. The culmination of this program was an energy saving competition between the schools. The competition ran over a 2 week […]
Help the Energy Group decide which projects to run for the next year
On April 14th we will be holding our annual project planning meeting to decide which projects we are going to be running in the coming year. This will involve both new projects and continuing work with existing projects. Potential new and old projects include: Thermal Imaging: how should we go forward (there will be a […]
Why Transition Bath is concerned with DCLG’s attempts to abolish DECs for schools?
Summary At short notice, before the upcoming General Election the government has announced a consultation due to end on March 11th whose aim is to drastically reduce the number of schools which are required to provide annual Display Energy Certificates. All public buildings that are visited by the public have been required to display their […]
Energy Saving Team Competition for Schools in Bath
Resource Futures’ Education Team is working with Bath and North East Somerset Council to motivate teachers and pupils to save energy through simple, everyday changes in behaviour. Primary schools have been invited to take part in the B.E.S.T. (B&NES Energy Saving Teams) competition, with exciting prizes to be won. Focusing on pupil-led behavioural change and […]
18% reduction in gas consumption in B&NES Schools since last year
Congratulations to B&NES Council in helping all 78 state schools in the area reduce their gas consumption by a total of 18% last winter. Although much of this reduction came from the mild winter, a significant proportion was as a result of project work carried out over the course of the last year with involvement […]