10:10 Schools

Hundreds of schools and colleges cutting their carbon by 10% in one year

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PECT's Appeal

Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) is a green charity that works with schools, businesses, communities, and local people to create a cleaner, greener, healthier city. We plan to turn Peterborough into the UK’s environment capital – a real exemplar of a sustainable city.

12,000 facilities managers can't be wrong

Photo from BIFM Annual ConferenceThe British Institute of Facilities Management has around 12,000 members - most of them individuals working on the frontline of carbon reduction, running all sorts of buildings, from schools and universities to offices, hospitals and retail sites.

Running the numbers

Exactly how much CO2 is the 10:10 movement saving? This is a question we get asked quite regularly, so we recently decided to have a go at coming up with an approximate answer.

Case study: Penryn College

Penryn College

From lightweight wine bottles to leaner website code, we've seen lots of imaginative 10:10 actions recently. Often, however, the biggest savings can come from tackling the basics.

Take Penryn College down in Cornwall, for example. By combining a student-led switch off campaign with improved lighting, heating and IT, the've managed to cut their energy usage by 16% this year. Run the numbers and this gives you a yearly cost saving of more than £50,000. Simple but effective.