Ben Harding EPQ - are British secondary schools really environmentally sustainable?

LED lighting in schools  LED lighting in schools is a key way to reduce energy. Articles below provide an insight into the efficiency and rollout of LED lighting into schools. Benefits of LED Lighting in Schools - UK Energy Lighting   date accessed-21/06/22. Benefits of LED lighting... LED lighting does not only benefit learning, but also benefits cost as due to reduced replacement costs, LED lighting is cheaper to run as bulbs are not needed to be replaced as often as well as running costs being up to 64%lower for secondary schools. LED lighting is predicted to replace all artificial light by 2030 due to its benefits that surround it. https://www.wila.co.uk/projects/education/swindon-schools-lighting-update  date accessed- 21/06/22 This case study example links clearly in with the LED lighting in school's boost. Published by the lighting suppliers, Wila, it outliners details surrounding its large-scale upgrade of more than 6000 lumens around 7 Swindon schools. The articl...

Government guidance article reviews. Below are some of the resources and documents that have been published by the UK government to help schools to promote and to become sustainable. Top tips for sustainability in schools - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)     Date accessed 12/10/21 page 8 summary. This government source gives a detailed and accurate representation of the sustainability in schools. It gives a simple layout with a clear contents table of the key points of how to be sustainable. It gives clear pointers of how to reduce water, energy and waste along with others. It however is a little old as it is 11 years old. This may mean that the guidance has changed, even though nothing has been published by the government, and is not precise, it is still able to give some valid pointers to look out for and some methods of improvement.  Summary of the pointers given in the document. -Use building systems properly -Upgrade heating controls  -Upgrade lighting  -Manage c...

 ch arity advice article reviews Below are some of the articles that are published by charities and non-governmental organisations that aim to hep and support sustainable development in schools. What We Do | Green Schools Project   Date accessed 24/05/22 This website gives a clear flow of the aims and goals outlined by the organization. At the first time of accessing, the webpage gave an older case study of a secondary school in action, however at the second time of accessing this case study has been replaced by a primary school case study, which is irrelevant when discussing secondary schools. The programme however is still effective for secondary schools as years 7 and 8 can take part in this. Overall, this article is now not as useful.  Why schools? - Lets Go Zero Date accessed 7/06/22 This source is a site produced by Ashden, a climate organisation working on worldwide sustainability projects. The site gives an easy flow of information through the pages with different...

case studies and sustainable examples Below are some of the secondary research sources that provide us with an ideal picture of what sustainable schools and projects should look like. Kingsmead-Case-Study.pdf (greenschoolsproject.org.uk ) date accessed - 08/07/22 This case study, presented as a power-point style case study gives a clear flow of activities that have taken place at Kingsmead school over the course of three years, with support from the eco schools project. The article gives us an idea of activities and statistics recovered over the three years. Below are some of the activities that have been carried out in each of the years. Year 1 -12 year 12 students formed an eco-group. The amount or recycling going to landfill reduced by                     45%. As well, energy saving and vegetable growing programmes were introduced. Year 2 - New y12's took on this role delving deeper into the schools energy and gas usage. An ...