About
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Welcome to our website, designed to support schools to reduce energy usage and associated costs.
ECO2 Smart Schools started as The School Carbon Reduction Programme (SCRP). SCRP was developed as a pilot programme for County Durham Schools in 2010, as a response to the local authority carbon management plan. The Plan identified that school buildings were responsible for 54% of the carbon emissions coming from the local authority estate.
The SCRP pilot was very successful, reducing 60 school’s energy use, so it was integrated into Durham County Council’s Energy Management Service Level Agreement (SLA). Hence, as well receiving billing advice and guidance, all schools on the SLA were offered in school support to reduce their energy use and increase their awareness and understanding of energy and climate related issues.
Since 2013 the in-school element has been commissioned through an open tendering process. OASES won the first tender and has been successful ever since by providing consistently high quality and responsive support for schools across County Durham.
ECO2 Smart Schools currently works with over 240 schools in County Durham. Since 2010, these schools have collectively saved nearly £7.5 million, resulting in almost 20,000 tonnes of CO2 being saved.
Refresh And Rebrand
After 8 successful years we wanted County Durham schools to help us refresh and rebrand the SCRP project, so we asked pupils to come up with a new name and logo for the programme.
The result was ECO2 Smart Schools which was an amalgamation of two designs from two pupils:
- Sophie Evans from Coxhoe Primary
- Lucy Nattrass from Wearhead Primary
The new name and logo were officially unveiled by the Chairman of Durham County Council, Councillor John Lethbridge, at an Interreg Europe Event hosted by Durham in September 2018.
ECO2 Smart Schools Team
Durham County Council
Maggie Bosanquet
SLA Manager
Maggie is the manager of the Service Level Agreement (SLA). She supports, monitors and oversees the Service Level Agreement.
Rich Hurst
Consultant
Rich is the Durham County Council Lead for ECO2 Smart Schools and Education Advisor for Sustainability Education.
Julie Curry
Carbon Team
Julie is part of the Energy Team who ensure that your utility consumption data is correctly gathered. She can help you with any issues surrounding meters, billing and leaks.
Stephen Beresford
Carbon Team
Stephen is part of the Carbon Team who work to reduce the carbon footprint of Durham County Council, including schools. He monitors your gas, electricity and other fuel use and finds ways to reduce it.
Rosalind Farrow
Carbon and energy analyst
Rosalind monitors your energy consumption and helps you find ways to reduce it. She also manages the utility web portal and can help you to log in, view your own data and submit meter readings.
Malcolm Johnson
Energy conservation advisor
Malcolm supports the development of low carbon retrofit projects in schools and council buildings.
Tom Bray
Carbon and energy projects officer
Tom is working to decarbonise the Durham County Council estate, working on leisure centres and other corporate building projects.
Paul Franks
Energy Team
Paul is part of the Energy Team who ensure that your utility consumption data is correctly gathered. He can help you with any issues surrounding meters, billing and leaks.
Helen Bonner
Energy Team
Helen is part of the Energy Team who ensure that your utility consumption data is correctly gathered. He can help you with any issues surrounding meters, billing and leaks.
Paul Charlton
Energy team
Paul is part of the Energy Team who ensure that your utility consumption data is correctly gathered. He can help you with any issues surrounding meters, billing and leaks.
Stephen McDonald
Carbon Team
OASES
Joanne Appleby
CEO
Alice Evans
Projects and programmes Manager
Alice manages the staff team and supports the ECO2 Smart Schools Programme.
Hannah Fishburn
ECO2 Smart Schools Communications lead
Hannah manages the ECO2 Smart Schools communications, including the newsletter, Facebook page and Instagram.
Josh Radner
OASES Energy Officer
Josh is an OASES Energy Officer who can work with your school to make energy and costs savings, and deliver energy and sustainability education sessions.
Dyfan Roberts
OASES Energy Officer
Dyfan is an OASES Energy Officer who can work with your school to make energy and costs savings, and deliver energy and sustainability education sessions.
Hannah Turner
OASES Energy Officer
Hannah is an OASES Energy Officer who can work with your school to make energy and costs savings, and deliver energy and sustainability education sessions.
Grace Johnson
OASES Energy Officer
Grace is an OASES Energy Officer who can work with your school to make energy and costs savings, and deliver energy and sustainability education sessions.
Rachel Moore
OASES Energy Officer
Rachel is an OASES Energy Officer who can work with your school to make energy and costs savings, and deliver energy and sustainability education sessions.
Steven Dixon
OASES Energy Officer
Steven is an OASES Energy Officer who can work with your school to make energy and costs savings, and deliver energy and sustainability education sessions.
Educational
We help you create practical and engaging learning experiences exploring energy, climate change and the environment throughout the curriculum.
Savings
Through our support and expertise we help schools to make significant savings through practical changes and implementation of the programme.
Environmental
Resources for the whole school community to learn more about the environment and how to make positive changes to safeguard it for the future for all.