What is the single most effective way of hugely reducing your school’s electricity bills this year, next year and every year?

There are of course several ways of cutting electricity bills, from the obvious turning off of lights that are not required, to switching from one supplier to another.

Both of these ideas are worthwhile, of course, but there is another approach which a growing number of schools are now using, and which can make a much, much bigger dent in your annual electricity bill.

Better still there are no set up costs, no special fees, nothing at all.

And even better, the resultant approach is one that will be utterly fascinating for everyone in the school and will be an excellent advertisement for the school for years to come. Indeed it is not unknown for parents to be very clearly influenced in sending their children to a school that uses this type of energy.

As you may have gathered from that last paragraph I am talking about solar energy. But before you move away because of traditional issues about installation costs etc, let me reassure you, there are no set up costs.

Absolutely none.

The solar panels are free, the maintenance is free, the savings directly reduce your mains electricity costs and you get low cost renewable energy, thus putting into practice the message of the need for renewable energy.

This approach to school energy uses government funding to incentivise the uptake of rooftop solar panels, and obviously is dependent on government policy. Project are currently viable with schools seeing great savings. But we can’t say how long the government will back new projects, especially after the General Election.

So we do suggest you take a look at this now, rather than at some time in the future, when the government funding of the scheme may have come to an end.

To find out more please call Ann on 07946 245 556 or email a.flaherty@engynious.com or better still visit our website and register to find out more at https://www.engynious.com/en/ukschools/schoolssolarprogramme/howtojoin/

There is no commitment to registering and you may find a great project for your school.