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Monday, 5 March 2012

Saving energy at school – two South West primary schools share their experience and tips

Emily Lewis is a teacher at Gwinear school in Cornwall and Fran Rickwood is the Eco-Coordinator at Okehampton primary school in Devon. Both are signed up on the Ashden South West LESS CO2 schools programme designed to support 16 schools from Devon and Cornwall to make practical changes to reduce their energy consumption over the course of a year.

In a short interview, they both shared their experience of the journey so far.

Emily starts by explaining what has been unique about the support of the LESS CO2 programme and describes the progress they have already made:

LESS CO2 schools programme - we"ve been supported to save energy (mp3)

LESS CO2 schools programme - energy saving changes we"ve made (mp3)

Fran talks about the challenge of making changes in a large primary school and shares her tips for a school starting out from a similar place.

LESS CO2 schools programme - size is our biggest challenge (mp3)

LESS CO2 schools programme - advice for other schools starting out (mp3)

Finally, Emily shares her top tip for engaging students:

LESS CO2 schools programme - how to engage the students in energy saving (mp3)