How One School Solved A Covid-19 Social Distancing Headache
How One School Solved A Covid-19 Social Distancing Headache (and sorted out its carbon footprinting and SECR liability) James Andrew, Estate Bursar at St Oggin (the Endless Redeemer) College in [...]
Comments on BEIS Consultation on Future Support for Low-Carbon Heat
With the closure of the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive for Low-Carbon Heat projects fast approaching (closure date is March 31st, 2021), Nigel Aylwin-Foster, Director Zero-Carbon Schools [...]
Reflections on Climate Change and the Independent Education Sector
A Call to Arms. A cynic might say that any independent school that takes climate change seriously should invest more time in training its combined cadet force than in decarbonising its estate and [...]
Criteria for Securing a One-Year Extension for Completion of Low-Carbon Heat Projects
This bulletin gives an update on policy developments during April 2020. It gives more definitive guidance about the UK Budget and steps being taken to protect projects during Covid-19 [...]
Energy Purchase Agreements: Useful if a School is now Worried About Cashflow
The RHI subsidy, combined with a net reduction in operating costs from the installed low-carbon heat technology, will usually achieve a significant net saving for schools on oil and just about [...]
Working Towards Zero-Carbon Status in Schools
In last month’s ISBA bulletin we reminded readers aspiring to achieve zero-carbon status on their school estates that it is essential to complete any required conversions to estate heating [...]
Ali Frankley and the Meaning of Chocolate
October 2025: In this exclusive interview with Ali Frankley, who has been bursar of Fandangle Hall School since 2020, we learn that as well as doing all the other herculean tasks that form the [...]
What Is a Combined Heat and Power System?
A Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system is a small power plant that captures the waste heat produced whilst it’s generating electricity and makes it available as useful heat: hence the name – it [...]
An Introduction to Ground Source Heat Pumps
What Is a Ground Source Heat Pump? A ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a system of heating, or cooling, using the heat from the ground. It is made out of a series of pipes buried underground, [...]
