Sustainability in schools - links

As a starting point, I have considered secondary research and compiled my resources here. In the future, I plan on reviewing each of these sources to judge reliability and validity of the articles.


case study and reserarch articles

government advice

government regulation   - lack of government regulation as there is a large emphasis on giving advice and letting individual schools act upon it and implement the best possible strategy for them.

charity advice

lighting


Top sustainability tips on schools

  Top tips for sustainability in schools - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)    date accessed 12/10/21 page 8 summary

What We Do | Green Schools Project 19/10/21

Kingsmead-Case-Study.pdf (greenschoolsproject.org.uk) 7/12/21  - link to 19/10/21

Electricity - Buying for schools - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)  2/11/21 

http://www.bath.ac.uk/cree/Leading_Sustainable_Schools_130361.pdf   9/11/21

  Pinnacle tackles sustainability in schools with LED switch - FMJ  16/11/21

 Why schools? - Lets Go Zero 16/11/21

https://youtu.be/zxbN_EdGt6E 7/12/21 link to 19/10/21

Major rebuilds begin at schools across England, Public Sector article (public-sector.co.uk)  14/12/21

Wates Group and the Department For Education begin work on first net-zero schools | Wates  14/12/21

Energy (isbl.org.uk) 14/12/21 website under maintenance at 08:58 1/3/22. after this spate of maintenance which was available again at 09:10 on the 03/03/22, the article above was no longer available therefore making this article now useless.

Performance management and sustainability - Good estate management for schools - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)       15/2/21

St Francis Xavier School joins national zero carbon campaign - Richmondshire Today   15/02/22

Student calls on MP Rishi Sunak to support school’s zero carbon aims | Education Business (educationbusinessuk.net)   15/02/22

Yorkshire 'Greta' Calls On Her MP Rishi Sunak To Support School’s Journey To Zero Carbon (yorkshiretimes.co.uk) 15/02/22#

A whole school approach to environmental sustainability (nga.org.uk)  01/03/22     not too helpful, however an in depth study into the key questions that a school may ask itself.

Benefits of LED Lighting in Schools - UK Energy Lighting 17/1/22 

Sustainability and climate change: a strategy for the education and children’s services systems - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

https://www.wila.co.uk/projects/education/swindon-schools-lighting-update 

Pinnacle LED the Way for Swindon Schools - Pinnacle Group

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