Schools

Energy costs can be one of the largest non-staff elements of a school’s budget – and one of the hardest to control.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has funded three groups to help schools understand more about their energy use and identify ways in which energy and cost savings can be achieved. We are working with Hoare Lea, City Sciences and Flourishing as one of these consortia.

Together, we are developing an online tool which will:

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Firstly, the plug: on 26 March, I’ll be speaking at an event with the same title as this blog, organised by SE-ED, an amazing charity who have worked tirelessly to keep sustainability on the radar of schools, local authorities and Government.  The event promises real, practical insights into why schools do and don’t retrofit their buildings, the pressures that

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In the latest of our series of 10th Birthday Blogs, we share some insights from our experiences working with schools.

Thinking about sustainability in schools means thinking about schools as a system. Whilst each school is a unique combination of buildings, people and practice, they share a great deal in common.

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For all the work that's been put in to promoting sustainability in our schools, are we missing a trick?

I spent yesterday afternoon at the East of England Low Carbon Schools Conference in Southend.

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Regular readers of our website will have noticed that our blog has been pretty quiet recently. Here's a quick round-up of all the latest news from SE² Towers:

DECC Green Deal Supply Chain Roadshows

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