The road to zero carbon Sustainable Schools in the UK

Pot do ničelnih ogljikovih izpustovTrajnostna arhitekturašol v Veliki Britaniji

Jane Briginshaw

“Our generation is the first to knowingly degrade the environment at the expense of children.”

“This is not going to be straightforward but if there is one sector that must show the way then it should be schools, at the heart of our communities, especially given the scale of the replacement programmes".

Robin Nicholson, CBE, Chair of Zero Carbon Task Force, Edward Cullinan Architects

“…failure to act now on reducing carbon emissions works directly against children’s interests.”

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme. The aim is to rebuild or renew nearly every secondary school in England.

“…this isn’t just about bricks and mortar. Building Schools for the Future is a catalyst for transformation.”

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown

Basic Facts

7 Million pupils

23,000 Schools 19,500 primary and 3,500 secondary

Funding

Six-fold increase in real terms since 1996-97• £683 million in 1996-97• £6.4 billion in 2007-08• £8.2 billion by 2010-11

We have been working on this for a while

All newly constructed schools 60% carbon emissions reductions

– www.teachernet.gov.uk/carbontargets

BREEAM Building Research Establishment

Environmental Assessment Method for School Buildings

Zero Carbon task force

How schools become Zero Carbon

Implementation – the “Roadmap”

To address: • Behaviour change & awareness raising• Curriculum focus on performance measurement• Design and construction/procurement• New ways of meeting energy demand• Low energy ICT• Roles, skills and training• Measurement and monitoring, POE and disseminating lessons learned

Progress made

• Smart meter offer and awareness raising• Exemplar projects,• Lessons learned from existing schools and one school pathfinders• (Review of BSF processes?)• POE pilot work• Refurb scope.• Positive links with Eco Towns and other Govt initiatives

Contact jane.briginshaw@partnershipsforschools.org.uk