SCoRE (Schools Collaboration on Resource Efficiency)

 ‘SCoRE’ was a project in the Climate East Midlands Skills Programme funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government, designed to support the decentralisation of power to the local level by enhancing the skills that local authorities and their local communities need to take positive action on climate change.

The largest proportion of an upper tier authorities’ carbon footprint is usually the school estate, (typically 60%) but the responsibility for energy and  resource use lies with individual schools. Local authorities are responsible for the carbon emissions from their schools under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme. This provides potential financial liabilities to councils, which is a key issue for them.  

The SCoRE pilot developed a series of toolkits that were trialled.  A summary of the experience and lessons learned from the resources can be downloaded here.  You can also download a film made by Nottingham City during the project... that demonstrates that saving energy can be fun!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mZSH_ZsYRkg

Following on from our pilot, the Carbon Trust have developed, and are developing, a number of resources for schools around energy efficiency and carbon reduction. More resources will be added over time, so come back and check for updates here: http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/cut-carbon-reduce-costs/public-sector/pages/public-sector-resources.aspx#SC

This project is no longer being funded centrally by Climate East Midlands. The Carbon Trust will continue to run a paid-for service for schools.  Schools interested in finding out about the services being offered in the next year, either to support the roll out of their service or to take part in a similar project, can find more information at the following link:

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/cut-carbon-reduce-costs/public-sector/education/schools/pages/schools.aspx

Beyond this, there are a broad range of technical documents looking more broadly at carbon and energy reduction. Use the following link to search for documents relevant to your technical question:

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/cut-carbon-reduce-costs/products-services/technology-advice/pages/energy-saving-advice.aspx 


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