{"id":27587,"date":"2024-10-22T13:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings-new\/?page_id=27587"},"modified":"2025-06-23T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:40:09","slug":"energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are many tools and resources available to help you to improve the energy efficiency of your school or college, including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/energy-efficiency-guidance-for-the-school-and-fe-college-estate\/energy-efficiency-guidance-for-the-school-and-further-education-college-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy efficiency: guidance for the school and further education college estate &#8211; GOV.UK<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/es.catapult.org.uk\/tools-and-labs\/public-sector-decarbonisation-guidance\/developing-your-strategy\/schools-resource-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance: schools resource hub<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/energysparks.uk\/for-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Sparks<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbontrust.com\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carbon Trust<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/energysavingtrust.org.uk\/campaign\/energy-saving-schools-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Saving Trust\u2019s Energy Saving Schools Challenge<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cse.org.uk\/news\/view\/2692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre for Sustainable Energy\u2019s Energy in Schools<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org.uk\/training\/education-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Energy Action\u2019s schools and education resources<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetrustnetwork.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Trust Network<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarforschools.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solar for school<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swnetzerohub.org.uk\/what-we-do\/public-sector-decarbonisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SW Net Zero Hub<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eco-schools.org.uk\/ten-topics\/energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy &#8211; Eco Schools<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countyourcarbon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Count Your carbon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SW Net Zero Hub&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hub\u2019s Public Sector Decarbonisation Skills Service provides free advice, guidance, and a technical knowledge base to deliver the heat decarbonisation of the public estate, including multi-academy trusts, schools and higher education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swnetzerohub.org.uk\/what-we-do\/public-sector-decarbonisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.swnetzerohub.org.uk\/what-we-do\/public-sector-decarbonisation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exeter Community Energy (ECOE<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ECOE work with schools to install solar panels and Schools can apply to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoe.org.uk\/ecoe-community-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECOE Community Fund<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ECOE can also assist with:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Energy surveys of the property from qualified retrofit coordinators, or non domestic energy assessors&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help with energy tariffs and general efficiency advice from our non domestic energy assessors&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workshops in schools \u2013 delivered by our community outreach team or in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seadreameducation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seadream Education<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talks to parent groups or support teams to assist low income and vulnerable households&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stalls at events promoting energy efficiency across their communities&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit their website for more details:\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecoe.org.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbobby.hughes%40devon.gov.uk%7C52508312af044a7a3ac308dd056a6121%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C638672676642059901%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vNkwGOLS32TSDlTmAae3UEW%2BWrlO5Xp2BXXebqTJlU8%3D&amp;reserved=0%22%20\\t%20%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.ecoe.org.uk\/<\/a>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UK Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN) Ops Group<\/strong><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UKSSN Ops Group are a network of School based operations professionals and volunteers working together to improve sustainability in schools.&nbsp; Their members include School Business Leaders, Estates Managers, Operations Managers and Governors. They share best practice via regular webinars and online resources on their website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit : <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.ukssn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ops.ukssn.org\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many tools and resources available to help you to improve the energy efficiency of your school or college, including:&nbsp; SW Net Zero Hub&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2755,"featured_media":0,"parent":27545,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-27587","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-27 07:27:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27587"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32940,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27587\/revisions\/32940"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}