 
Want to simultaneously save your school budgets, reduce carbon emissions and educate your students ? The new "SUSSED" Energy and Water reduction Programme includes a professional energy and water audit, with follow-up support, together with educational activities to involve everyone in your school. The programme is self-funding. It is initially available to Primary schools in the West Yorkshire area.
Want to know more about SUSSED ? Click here. [OR click on the button on the TOP RIGHTHAND side of this Homepage].
To email us, to express your interest in joining the programme, or to send us queries - Click here
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Solar panels for your school ? NO PROBLEM !
From 1st April there is now NO need to get planning permission to install devices like solar panels, ground and water source heat pumps and biomass systems. Relaxation of the planning rules for micro wind and air source heat pumps is expected to follow shortly. Also
from April 1st there will be an increase in 'Phase 2' grants to 50% across all technologies for the schools, charities and public sector phase of Low Carbon Buildings Programme. Grants of up to £1m are available per eligible site. Click here for details : www.lowcarbonbuildingsphase2.org.uk or contact the helpline on 08704 23 23 13
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Planning a sustainable school
Hot off the press document from DfCSF!
This document contains thirteen participatory activities to link the recommendations of the National Framework for Sustainable Schools to school improvement planning .
Download from Teachernet publications : http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk
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The BSI Sustainable Events Competition 2008
Green up a school event and help save the planet by reducing your school's environmental impact
Take action and win £1,500 for your school! Here's your challenge: pick a school event, find some ways to make it sustainable and tell us how you did it. It's that simple. The closing date is 20th June. Click here to find out more: www.bsieducation.org/Education/GetGreenGo/
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“We are building a solar house”
New book for KS2 children, explaining passive solar design (in English !) from Austrian architect Martina Feirer. It explains in an easy way how a passive house works and why green and energy-aware building makes sense. Ideal for the use in schools, kindergardens and for kids projects and projects of environmental protection. 20 pages / some pages with flip images and moving parts: email Martine Feirer for more informatiuon and to order copy/ies : m.feirer@aap.or.at
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Carbon Detectives kit for students !
The new DCSF carbon footprint calculator works by measuring components of the five DCSF Sustainable School Doorways in your school, responsible for CO2 emissions. Data about these Doorways is collected and entered onto the website and a school carbon footprint is calculated. On the website the Doorways are referred to as Assignments. Here is the Teacher's link for the website:
: http://www.carbondetectives.org.uk/content/home/toolkit/backgroundinfo
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