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Mayor launches £2m Greener Schools scheme to cut carbon and energy bills
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12/6/2024
Mayor launches £2m Greener Schools scheme to cut carbon and energy bills
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So the £2 million we've announced today as part of our Greener Schools initiative is part of a pilot.
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The idea is that we work with boroughs who will match fund the £2 million to become £4 million.
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We think the initial pilot will be dozens of schools. It depends how much grant an individual
00:14
school needs. So school A may want a heat pump, school B may want insulation, school C may want
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lower energy lights. And so what happens is we'll work with the boroughs in relation to the bids
00:26
they make. And the idea is to see which targeted interventions are the most effective and which
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are the most scalable. We're in a school that's benefited from our funding and then we're going
00:37
to go to the government and say look we know this is one of your missions, we know this is a priority
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for the government. We've got an evidence base which shows this investment leads to not just
00:48
less carbon but smaller bills which can be used for education, staff, equipment, books and so
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forth. That will hopefully encourage the government to roll this out. We've calculated an average
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school will have bills saved around £18,000 a year across London. That's potentially £15 million
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that can be invested in education. So I'm hoping both Ed Miliband and Bridget Phillips will be
01:14
looking at a pilot with keen interest. Is there a maximum grant that you'll be awarding for this
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sort of project? Yes so boroughs apply for the grant rather than schools and so borough can get
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up to £500,000. But don't forget boroughs we want them to match fund as well so that's £2 million
01:32
becomes £4 million. But what we've seen from this school already they're starting to see savings and
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their heat pump only went in a few weeks ago. You've also talked about wanting to introduce
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air quality filters in classrooms. What progress have you made on that? We're making announcements
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the new year in relation to our plans to encourage schools rather than boroughs to
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apply for these indoor air quality filtration systems.
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