View Alex Green's excellent presentation explaining the Ashden LESS CO2 Programme. Alex is the School Programme Manager at Ashden. Find out more: http://www.ashden.org/

1. Low Energy Sustainable Schools
LESS CO2

2. About Ashden
We champion and promote practical, local
energy solutions that cut carbon, protect the
environment, reduce poverty and improve
people’s lives.

3. About Ashden
• Founded in 2001, 150 winners from around the world to date.
• Rewarding innovation, excellence and good practice.
• Building skills and know-how.
• £7.5 million of business support leveraged for Ashden winners.
• A source of current, reliable information on sustainable energy.
• A voice for our winners.

8. Ashden International Award winners
• Improving incomes, health and education.
• Reducing CO2 emissions, deforestation and environmental
degradation.

9. Meanwhile, closer to home…

10. UK Ashden Awards
• Rewarding clean energy, education and behaviour change
initiatives.
• Winners from businesses, charities and local authorities across the
UK.

11. Sustainable Travel Awards

12. Ashden and schools

13. Why LESS CO2?
• Potential cost savings –
schools in the UK spend
£400 million per year on
energy.
• Share the expertise of
Ashden School Award
Winners
• Energy is hardest area to
tackle.

14. Objectives
• Save CO2 emissions and spending on energy bills.
• Integrate energy into lesson plans and curriculum.
• Increase energy awareness and develop a ‘whole school’ culture
of sustainable energy use.

15. What we offer
 Four workshops.
 Support from a LESS CO2
mentor.
 A free professional energy
audit of your school.
 Advice on the steps
needed to reduce energy
use across your school.
 Support to overcome
hurdles along the way.

16. What we expect from schools
• Full attendance – lead
member of staff and pupils
attending all workshops.
• Feedback and liaison with
mentors.
• Energy monitoring:
recording energy use at
least monthly.
• Share your learning,
successes and failings with
other schools on the
programme.

17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSEMct5WciE
Ashden Winners

18. Thank you
Alex Green
alex.green@ashden.org
075 88886360
www.ashden.org