{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SW Net Zero Hub&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Exeter Community Energy (ECOE<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UK Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN) Ops Group<\/strong><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UKSSN Ops Group are a network of School based operations professionals and volunteers working together to improve sustainability in schools. 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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":"2026-09-09 15:05:17","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}]}}