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There are over 30,000 schools and further education colleges in the UK, making it the largest estate in the public sector. The sector comprises sites educating young people from 3-19 years of age.
Many school sites have sports facilities and have some limited community use outside normal school hours.
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The cost of energy used within all UK schools is around £350M per annum and rising despite reduction targets set at the Local Authority level.
Schools emit over 5 million tonnes of CO2/year, which is around 15% of total public sector emissions.
It is estimated that savings of 5% across the sector can be achieved at no cost, saving over £20 million and 300,000 tonnes of CO2.
A typical breakdown of energy use is shown in the chart below. The biggest areas of energy saving potential are heating, lighting and ICT.
Saving energy brings the following advantages:
- Reduced utility costs, which allows more money to be directed to other school activities.
- Improved internal environments, which can help with teaching and morale of pupils and staff
- Energy use and savings can be used as a real world experience for pupils, improving learning and engendering a sense of citizenship and stewardship of finite resources
- Allows school to reduce its environmental impacts
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Case Studies
King Alfred School
An independent mixed day school with almost 600 pupils, King Alfred School has an annual energy bill of 65,000.
St Edward's College
St Edward s College, a voluntary aided school in Liverpool, has 1,150 pupils from 11 to 18 years old. With restricted budgets and annual energy costs of 55,600, St Edwards College was eager to reduce its energy consumption.
Friends School
The Friends School in Essex wanted to reduce the yearly cost ( 8,500) of heating its swimming pool.
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