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Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Energy

Heating, electricity and other systems create emissions that contribute to climate change. These actions look at how to reduce emissions and reach Net Zero.

Arrange energy awareness training for relevant staff

Organise educational sessions to increase your staff's understanding of energy usage, energy saving behaviours and efficiency measures. Give staff the knowledge to make informed decisions about energy usage.

Repeat action
Arrange basic energy awareness training for all staff

Energy awareness training is an important step towards changing behaviours and getting buy-in, with the aim to conserve energy and reduce consumption across your setting.

Long term action
Plan a session on energy consumption in your behaviour change programme

Educate your whole community on the importance of energy conservation and energy saving behaviours. This will provide your community with the awareness, desire, knowledge and ability to practice energy saving habits.

Long term action
Plan to switch to renewable energy tariffs

Identify when and how you will transition your setting's energy consumption to sustainable sources such as wind, solar, or hydroelectric power through the use of renewable energy tariffs.

Low costOne off action
Use your building condition survey to identify decarbonisation interventions

Use the results from your building condition survey to pinpoint opportunities for reducing your setting's carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.

Low costOne off action