Engaging the School Community in Building for a Sustainable Future

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources
Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Not Energy Related

Basic and strategic applied research

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Education)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Other (Energy technology information dissemination)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)

Professor PD Fleming
Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD)
De Montfort University

Standard

EPSRC

08 December 2005

07 July 2006

7 months

£18,788

Energy

East Midlands

Public Engagement

Professor PD Fleming, Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD), De Montfort University

Prof M Cook, Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University

Dr A Dowsett, Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD), De Montfort University

Project Contact, Judgemeadow Community College
Project Contact, Department for Education and Skills
Project Contact, Leicester City Council
Project Contact, Building Research Establishment (BRE) Limited

The project will work with the four schools in the first phase of Leicester's Building Schools for the Future programme. Pupils, teachers and governors will engage with the science, engineering and technology available to help achieve a sustainable school. Visits to low energy buildings, workshops with low building energy experts and classroom discussions will be used to increase the knowledge, awareness and experience of a more sustainable school community. The pupils, teachers and governors will then engage with both local and national policy makers at a further workshop. They will again address the requirements for a more sustainable school. The focus will be on minimising energy consumption and maximising renewable energy technologies but will also include materials, travel to school and the use of the school building as an educational resource. It would therefore address both the technical and non-technical issues about integrating education for sustainable development into new schools. The end result will be pupils, teachers and governors who are better informed about the multiple benefits of a more sustainable school

21/03/12