Saving Energy in Education Sector

From early years to university, the education sector are focused on providing facilities for their teachers and students that are safe, energy-efficient, and provide the best possible learning environment.

They are also tasked with reducing the costs of building operations.

CILS provide solutions and services to schools, higher and further educational organisations to address these issues.

Smart education buildings

Our solutions create the ideal learning environment, increase operational efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions and lower energy costs for your school, college, or university.

CILS have completed a vast portfolio of educational projects for dozens of schools across Luton and Peterborough, for the University of Birmingham, the University of Antwerp, to name a few.

Each of our education sector clients have saved significant amounts of energy and related costs, whilst improving their environmental footprint.

We deliver state-of-the-art technology ’as a service’,at no capital expenditure. Most of our education clients are cashflow positive from day one.

Want to hear from our education sector clients directly?

3 local authority schools are sharing their experiences in this video – including the headteacher of now the greenest school in Luton.

Start saving at zero capital cost

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Save 90% on Lighting Costs

Reduce your lighting energy use, carbon emissions, and related maintenance costs by 90% with LED & IoT intelligent lighting solutions.

Generate Green Energy

Install solar PV for a renewable source of energy that can shield you from future energy price increases, and help you meet your sustainability goals.

Cash Positive from Day 1

‘As a service’ option allows you to make immediate significant energy and maintenance savings at zero capital cost, off-balance sheet.

Improved Building Efficiency

Increase your efficiency further with IoT-enabled smart building solutions like HVAC controls, BMS integration, space optimisation, and asset tracking.

How can you apply this to your school facilities?

Fill in the contact form to book your first consultation with one of our education sector energy-efficiency specialists.

Lower energy costs from lighting

LED lighting combined with Internet of Things (IoT) controls and smart sensors dramatically lowers energy and running costs, and automatically adjusts light levels for occupancy and daylight settings.

Save on heating and cooling

Realise significant savings using smart sensors, automatically reducing heating or cooling demand in unoccupied spaces.

Decarbonised heating

Integrate decarbonised heating systems such as air source heat pumps, to reduce your CO2 emissions.

Reduce maintenance costs

Reduce the need of constantly changing lamps with the installation of LED lighting. Using smart sensors, match your cleaning schedules to use of space and occupancy.

Increase student and staff productivity

Optimise light and temperature in classrooms and common areas, to create comfortable learning environments all year round.

Analyse space utilisation in real-time

Identify occupied and unoccupied areas for energy savings, safety and use data-driven information to determine the best use of space.

Solar PV

Generate your own electricity for your school, college or university, to lower the cost of energy and demonstrate to students, staff and parents your commitment to net zero.

Access valuable data-driven insight

Smart sensors and IoT systems go way beyond reducing energy consumption. Actual energy use measurement, basic heat-mapping, real-time location services, asset tracking – all can improve educational buildings’ security and provide valuable data for building management analysis.

This is a solid basis for data-driven decision-making, future upgrades and building optimisation.

Talk to us about your challenges

Fill in the contact form to book your first consultation with one of our energy efficiency specialists. You’ll be able to share your challenges, and we’ll help you identify where your biggest energy and financial savings lie.

Education sector case studies & articles

Teenage Students Putting Away Books After Class

How schools can reduce energy costs

For most schools, energy is the second largest cost, after staff…

Case study: Icknield Primary School

Icknield Primary set themselves a challenge to be the greenest school…

Photovoltaic system in front of a bright sunrise morning sky

Reduce first to achieve net zero profitably

We are great advocates of solar PV. After all, who isn’t in favour of ‘free’ energy…

TESTIMONIALS

We highly appreciated the professional attitude of your team.

The Client [University of Antwerp] is happy, so we all are happy.

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Werner TIPS

Project Manager

Over 4,000 units were installed, energy consumption has been reduced and disruption was minimal.

We have been pleased with the level of customer service provided.

University of Winchester

Matt Jane

Energy Manager

I can only say how happy I am with the system, the team that carried out the changeover from manual to automatic operation, and how a weight has been lifted off my shoulders regarding energy costs.

Wigmore Primary School

Pat Addison

School Business Manager

We were very impressed with your team and have been singing their praises to everyone about the way they have completed this project.

We are delighted with the first set of data reduction figures too, long may it continue!

Putteridge Primary School

Cecilia McCarthy

Business Manager

I have worked with CILS on a number of projects and am always impressed by their ability to produce high quality results on each and every project. The team provides us with innovative solutions and it’s a pleasure to work with a company which is so committed to helping us solve complex problems

Luton Council

Sue Davies

Strategic Energy Manager

CILS refurbished the lights at Peterborough Register Office from the initial discussion and walk-round to removal and installation.

They produced detailed but easily readable plans, communicated excellently, got on with the job and made no mess. The difference it has made to our working environment is much appreciated.

Peterborough City Council

Ruth Hodson

Registration Manager

Inspire Sports Village is a great example of a project where we invested our own money in order to provide a better sustainable position for the organisation, and also to provide the client who owns the building something that was future-proof. Those intelligent sensors could allow us to reduce further our cost base and be more efficient in the longer term.

Our savings are over 80%. It will provide a better lighting platform for the next 10+ years.
We want to save money so that we can reinvest into the organisation and into the community.

Active Luton

Stuart Trower

Director of Operations

So far, the lighting that we now have has saved us 87%. If a colleague headteacher were to come to me and have a discussion about the whole process, I would urge them to plan this into the development of their school.

Icknield Primary School

Joanna Farbon

Headteacher

I would like to thank you all personally for your professional completion of the Honeywell Leicester office transformation. What has been achieved within such a tight budget is outstanding and a credit to your ingenuity and commitment.

The changes have greatly enhanced the productivity of our meetings and it’s a pleasure to be able to see the details on a spreadsheet at the back of a room. Thanks again for all your support.

HONEYWELL

Matthew Eastwood, BEng (Hons), MIEE

UK Managing Director