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Sustainability Lead Training

An introduction to Energy and Carbon Management

Are you responsible for sustainability in your organisation and looking to deepen your expertise in energy and carbon management? This interactive workshop, accredited by the Institute of School Business Leaders (ISBL) and aligned with its Sustainability Standards, is designed specifically for you.

Our Greener Schools Index report highlighted a clear need for sustainability training and a structured CPD pathway. In response, we’ve developed this workshop to help school leaders meet the Department for Education’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy requirements.

Delivered in a small group setting, the workshop offers expert-led, face-to-face training that builds your confidence in managing carbon effectively.

You’ll gain access to practical course materials, tailored advice, and actionable strategies developed for the education sector.

What you’ll learn:

An introduction to carbon and energy

Measurement essentials

Billing, benchmarking and planning

Data-driven planning and strategic master planning

Creating integrated energy and carbon reduction plans

Target setting and quick wins

Demystifying the terminology

Budgeting for effective carbon management

Leveraging half-hourly (HH) data

Engaging stakeholders

Reducing waste with data

Why choose the Zenergi Sustainability Lead Training?

This Level 1 workshop equips school Sustainability Leads with practical tools and insights to take control of energy and carbon management within their school or MAT.

Essentials mastering

Build a strong foundation in energy and carbon management, with content specifically tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities within the education sector. Gain a clear understanding of key concepts such as energy auditing, carbon accounting, and emissions reduction, delivered in accessible language with practical examples relevant to schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs).

Energy and carbon reduction strategies

Learn how to turn knowledge into action by identifying immediate, practical steps to reduce energy waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Whether it’s behavioural change, building improvements, or smarter procurement, you’ll leave equipped with tangible ideas you can act on straight away.

Expert guidance

Benefit from direct access to Zenergi’s leading energy consultants, who bring years of experience helping schools and trusts improve their energy and carbon performance. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions, seek feedback, and work collaboratively to refine your school’s carbon management approach.

Confidence to stay ahead

Ensure your school is on track to meet government sustainability targets, including those outlined by the Department for Education and wider net zero commitments. The workshop will help you understand what’s expected, what deadlines are approaching, and how to develop a proactive plan that keeps your school ahead of the curve.

Accredited CPD and certification

Participants who complete the workshop will receive a certificate of attendance, along with accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours endorsed by the Institute of School Business Leaders (ISBL).

Take control of your school's energy use

Ready to lead the sustainability charge in your school or MAT?

Book your place

Join us for our latest workshop. With only 20 places available and high demand, don’t miss your chance to be part of this popular event.

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Unable to attend on the listed dates?

If the current dates don’t work for you, or if you’re interested in on-site or customised training for your team, simply register your interest using the form below. You’ll be the first to hear when new sessions are announced, giving you priority access before places fill up.

What previous delegates say

Really useful session and the team presenting showed great subject knowledge. Found the whole event interesting and engaging.”

Estates and Facilities Officer

Thoroughly enjoyed the course. It was informative and detailed and was appropriately timed.”

Facilities & Compliance Manager

The presenters delivered the material in a succinct and easy to understand manner.”

Head of Estates and Sustainability

It was a fabulous use of my time as I have gained a lot of useful information. Thank you all.”

Admin and Finance

Thoughts from our sustainability experts

What we say

“Every school and college has to have their own appointed sustainability lead. Our training is designed to support that. We walk them through all the practical things that they can do within their organisation – how they can reduce their consumption, how they can look at their carbon management and really start their journey off and understand what they can do next on their action plans.”

Chris Jermy

Director of Customer Success

“The Greener Schools Index report showed that 74% of leaders felt that they needed more CPD support. Zenergi have gone above and beyond and provided these energy management training sessions. The fact that Zenergi are doing this shows how much they care about the education sector, that they want schools to be sustainable, they want to make it easy for them to engage with this really important topic and help translate it for them.”

Helen Burge

Consultant School Business Leader

Customer success stories

Our experience

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Leigh Academies Trust saves £500,000+ through flexible energy purchasing.

Discover how a 10+ year partnership helped one of the country’s largest and most established Multi-Academy Trusts navigate a turbulent energy market

Achieved savings: Year one

399,311

Forecast savings: Year two

200,287

Forecast savings: Year three

43,511

Simplifying energy procurement and unlocking savings for Holy Cross Catholic MAC.

Helping Brigshaw Learning Partnership save £18,000 on energy costs.

How Broad Horizons Education Trust reclaimed energy bill overpayments.

Identifying hidden costs and reclaiming energy bill overpayments.

How the Alpha Trust secured a £402,000 grant.

With our support, the Alpha Trust reduced the environmental footprint of its Essex schools by unlocking vital funding for energy efficiency projects.

Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF) grant awarded

249,000

Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) grant awarded

153,000

How we found savings of more than 25% for Cheam Fields Primary Academy

A TM44 air conditioning inspection revealed key energy-saving opportunities for this Sutton school, cutting costs by 25% and ensuring compliance.

Annual A/C operating cost

15,292

Annual saving of largest opportunity

4,003

How we overturned a £14,000 water bill for Ravensdale Junior School.

Annual savings of £16,000+ for Links Academy schools.

Learn how three schools achieved targeted energy efficiency savings through solar PV and EV charging.

Cost saving total

16,6367

Making utility management easy for North Essex Schools Partnership

Powering a lasting partnership with Penwortham Girls’ High School

Greener transport: helping Gregory Group meet ambitious goals.

A science-led partnership with one of the UK’s largest transport groups that led to impressive net zero acceleration.

Harry Eaves

Senior Energy Consultant

Zenergi

Discover how our energy audits highlighted £94,955 of annual savings for Aldermore Bank.

We’re helping Aldermore Bank to reduce carbon emissions and cut costs – all while keeping the bank’s net zero strategy firmly on track.

Total carbon saving

172.6

tCO₂e

Total annual cost saving

94,955

Woodbridge High School: Protecting energy budgets in the London Borough of Redbridge.

How Woodbridge High School saved more than £12,000 on energy costs.

£40,000 saved for Windmill Care.

When an existing energy supplier attempted to retrieve £45,000 from Windmill Care due to an error, our experts were quickly on the case. The result? £45,000 cut to just £5,000.

Rebecca Thomson

Director of Service Delivery

Zenergi

Our decade of trusted utilities management with Radwinter Primary School

Helping First Federation Trust maximise a £65,580 heat decarbonisation grant

£65,580 grant fund success for First Federation Trust

Energy Audit lights up £2,950 in savings for Vaughan Primary School.

Lighting the way to net zero with Zenergi's help.

Discover how Trinity School is saving energy, cutting costs and reducing carbon emissions – unlocking over two decades of brighter, more sustainable learning environments.

LED luminaires

2,000

Hours of light

67,000

Annual carbon savings

tCO₂e

Zenergi's siteworks expertise delivers Manchester's major tram extension on time.

John Netherwood

Chief Operations Officer

Zenergi

Cutting water costs in half for Sawston Village College.

Learn how we helped a secondary school achieve £6,270 in annual savings, reduce water costs by 48% and made a positive environmental impact.

Annual cost savings

6,270

Reduction in water costs

Investment cost

1,000

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