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Are you suffering from energy bill anxiety in the run up to winter? Here, we share guidance on how to avoid energy waste by optimising your heating set up at the start of the season. →Read more| Energy Sparks Blog
With global leaders due to meet next month for the UN's 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), we have some fun activities and competitions to help your pupils take meaningful action. We also have prizes up for grabs, so don't miss out!| Energy Sparks Blog
News, updates and opinions from the EnergySparks Team| Energy Sparks Blog
News, updates and opinions from the EnergySparks Team| Energy Sparks Blog
Setting energy saving targets for your school can be a great way to galvanise your team to take action, and to understand whether these actions are achieving meaningful impact. But how ambitious should you be? Here we offer some advice.| Energy Sparks Blog
News, updates and opinions from the EnergySparks Team| Energy Sparks Blog
A warm welcome to all our new Energy Sparks schools - and to our returning schools, welcome back! Here, we share our top tips to help you make the best possible start to energy saving this year.| Energy Sparks Blog
News, updates and opinions from the EnergySparks Team| Energy Sparks Blog
It’s the start of the new academic year, and that means our scoreboard competition is officially underway! Read on to learn more about how it works and how to make a strong start.| Energy Sparks Blog
Are you ready for Walk to School Week, which will run from 19th - 23rd May? If not, we’re here to help! Our cut out the high carbon commute programme takes the stress out of planning by providing ideas and resources to help you and your pupils take action.| Energy Sparks Blog
News, updates and opinions from the EnergySparks Team| Energy Sparks Blog
This week, Big Give will be doubling donations to Energy Sparks. Any money we raise will go towards providing free Energy Sparks places for schools - find out why this matters.| Energy Sparks Blog
We’re into the final winter push - longer days and warmer nights are on the horizon and soon we will be switching our heating off for the summer. But for now, the heating is still on, so let’s look at how to reduce heating waste as much as possible.| Energy Sparks Blog
It is no secret that schools across the UK are under unprecedented financial strain. With energy prices predicted to rise again in 2025, the cost of heating and powering buildings and equipment is eating into schools’ already over-stretched budgets, diverting funding that could be better spent on pupils. But there is some good news for […] →Read more| Energy Sparks Blog
We often get asked by school leaders and estates teams how much they could save by upgrading their lighting to LEDs and if there’s a way to tell from their Energy Sparks account how much of their electricity use is down to lighting. We’ve asked school energy expert and founder of Inspired Efficiency, Matt Fulford […] →Read more| Energy Sparks Blog
This is me, last month. I was cycling home from a school I visited for work along a cycle path that opened earlier this year. A path that was created by my former colleagues at my Local Authority. This was a good day. This week is Green Careers Week, so I thought I would write up a little about h| Energy Sparks Blog
The words here from David might not sound like the most inspirational of quotes but they’re music to my ears because these are things we say so often at Energy Sparks. One of the most useful things about seeing a school’s energy data in graphical form is finding out that energy use is high at unexpe| Energy Sparks Blog
If your school has solar panels installed, Energy Sparks will need to display the solar generation on your school’s account to ensure that we analyse your electricity usage correctly. Solar generation is the amount of energy produced by the panels.| Energy Sparks Blog
It can be confusing trying to figure out what type of meter you have installed at your school and whether it is able to share data with Energy Sparks, so this guide aims to explain this in more detail.| Energy Sparks Blog
Another summer holiday over, where did the time go?! We've been reminiscing about the holidays in our own way - by looking at energy consumption statistics! We've been comparing this summer with last summer (the energy use, not the weather). We know not all schools completely close down during t| Energy Sparks Blog
