CYP Now - Education trust supports children to understand cost-of-living crisis

An education trust’s effort to increase the use of renewable energy as living costs rise is helping pupils to understand the need for cost-cutting at home, its chief executive has said.

Mark Greatrex is chief executive of Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET). Picture: BPET

Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET), which has 10 schools in London and Berkshire, has partnered with digital energy services provider eEnergy in a bid to make its sites net zero by 2030.

The switch came amid the cost-of-living crisis, when one of the Trust’s schools saw energy bills increase from £18,000 a year to £80,000 a year.

Measures taken to hit BPET’s target include installing solar panels on buildings, installing LED lights in classrooms across five schools and using intelligent energy systems in all schools to measure usage.

Pupils are also encouraged to help reduce energy usage through recycling and travel to school initiatives such as walking and cycling, as part of an eco-champions scheme.

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