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Scottish Schools go greener

The Scottish Government has announced its plan to make Scotland’s schools  greener under a new initiative to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. To tie in with the requirements of the Scottish Climate Change Bill the local government education departments will have to work closely with ‘Carbon Trust’ in order to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills within new build projects. Two ‘Schools Renewables Development Officers’ will work with authorities to increase the uptake of micro-renewables in schools by developing packages of funding from public and private sources to support microgeneration installations. There will also be a  schools ‘web-portal’ created on the Scottish Government website which will act as a source of advice and guidance on creating a low carbon school estate.
Education Secretary  Fiona Hyslop said:

“The green message to be conveyed through environmentally-friendly school buildings and facilities cannot be stressed enough.”

“All of the measures  will be important in helping tackle climate change and, at a time of high fuel prices, both renewable generation and energy efficiency measures will be important in helping local authorities reduce consumption, carbon emissions and energy bills.”