Towards a Schools Carbon Management Plan

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Towards a Schools Carbon Management Plan

• Stakeholder Workshop Sheffield
• Wednesday 4 November 2009

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A Carbon Management Strategy for Schools

• Presented by Liz Warren, SDC

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Schools carbon footprint (2004)
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Business As Usual to 2050
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Setting a target to 2020

• Action across the whole carbon footprint
• Demonstrating leadership by example
• Working with others and complementing other
  initiatives
• Early progress where action is best understood

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Setting a target to 2020
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Baseline
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Energy

• 37 of schools carbon emissions
• In recent years fall in fossil fuel use
  increase in electricity demand
• Emissions expected to fall by 35 to 2020
• Relies on effective delivery of capital
  programmes

• Policy ideas
• Carbon performance standards
• Zero carbon new build
• Post occupancy evaluation
• Smart metering
• Behavioural change and capacity building
• Targeted refurbishment programmes

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Travel

• 16 of schools carbon footprint
• Car use 40 primary children 19 secondary
• Air and sea travel only 1 of travel footprint
• Emissions expected to fall by 6 by 2020

• Policy ideas
• Enhanced School Travel Plans, and joint travel
  plans
• Supporting procurement and efficient use of lower
  carbon vehicles
• Promotion of sustainable options to parents,
  children and staff
• Creation of school zones
• Reducing threshold for secondary bus travel to 2
  miles
• Promoting sustainable school trips

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Procurement

• 47 of schools carbon footprint
• Major categories construction, food and
  catering, paper and printing, ICT and electrical
  equipment, freight
• Some highly centralised some very fragmented
• Emissions expected to rise 6 by 2020

• Policy ideas
• Strategic framework including product timetable
• Standard specifications, clauses, contracts
• Supply chain engagement on new product
  development
• Communications to schools and local authorities
• Capacity and confidence building
• Reducing waste and increasing recycling

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Delivery

• National, regional and local roles
• Opportunities for locally provided support to
  schools
• Levers in the National Indicators and Carbon
  Reduction Commitment
• Carbon in the school culture
• Capacity building throughout the system
• Accounting for carbon?
• Existing and new mechanisms for data and
  monitoring

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www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations

• Closing date
• Friday 20 November 2009

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Meeting the Challenge

• At your tables discuss
• What are the challenges we must face to reduce
  carbon emissions in the schools sector?
• What are the advantages of reducing carbon
  emissions in the schools sector?

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Creating Policy Ideas

• Carousel Session
• Your opportunity to share your policy ideas on
• Energy
• Travel
• Procurement

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Developing Policy Ideas

• Which policies do you think are the most likely
  to deliver carbon emissions reductions?
• What needs to be done to put the policy in place?
• What barriers need to be overcome?
• What already exists that can be built upon?
• Please use the worksheets to record your
  discussions

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Roles and Responsibilities

• At your tables discuss
• What is the role of DCSF?
• What are the roles of regional and local
  government?
• What is the role of schools?
• Who else needs to be involved in reducing
  emissions from schools?
• Please use the worksheets to record your
  discussions

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Delivery and Implementation

• At your tables discuss
• What are the specific short term actions needed
  to support delivery of the carbon management
  plan?
• Please record your ideas on a blank sheet

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Towards a Schools Carbon Management Plan

• Stakeholder Workshop Sheffield
• Wednesday 4 November 2009