{"id":750,"date":"2025-09-24T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/?p=750"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:03:38","slug":"schools-energy-competition-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/2025\/09\/24\/schools-energy-competition-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools Energy Competition 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<h3 class=\"builder-text-section-title\">\n        Key Information    <\/h3>\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-758\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/09\/24125544\/Poster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/09\/24125544\/Poster.png 633w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/09\/24125544\/Poster-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/>Between October 2025 and March 2026 Falkirk Secondary Schools will compete to see which school can reduce their electricity use the most. This competition will be led by a group of young people in each school who will be supported by a teacher and other staff members.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Prizes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There will be prizes for first and second place totalling \u00a31000\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>There will be extra prizes for the Digital Engagement Aspect\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The challenge to reduce carbon emissions and energy units\/costs was issued by the Falkirk Council Place Services Extended Management Team and this will be our second year running this challenge. Pupils and staff in every school involved made a fantastic effort during a very successful year one in which Graeme High School came first place &#8211; reducing their carbon emissions by 18%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-585\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2024\/08\/16151222\/De-carbonise-logo-300x102.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2024\/08\/16151222\/De-carbonise-logo-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2024\/08\/16151222\/De-carbonise-logo-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2024\/08\/16151222\/De-carbonise-logo.png 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-3\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><strong>The Climate Change team support for young people and their adult:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/09\/24125729\/FINAL-Guidance-for-teachers-on-energy-reduction.doc2x.docx\">here<\/a> to access guidance which has been created for the competition lead teacher or person in each school.<\/li>\n<li>Each school can request various workshops throughout the challenge for their class or group of young people (please email <a href=\"mailto:climatechange@falkirk.gov.uk\">climatechange@falkirk.gov.uk<\/a> with 3 potential dates and times in October for the first workshop).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Each group\/school can access a platform holding past, present and real time information about each schools\u2019 energy use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falkirk.gov.uk\/schoolenergychallenge\">This webpage <\/a>will include the leader board information and monthly energy use reports for each school.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We are happy to\u00a0offer advice and support\u00a0at any point via email <a href=\"mailto:climatechange@falkirk.gov.uk\">climatechange@falkirk.gov.uk<\/a> .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learning for Sustainability &amp; Digital Learning Team Support \u2013 what\u2019s available?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This project fits beautifully with our Falkirk Learning for Sustainability Framework bundle 1 \u2013 exploring sustainable practices. Yvonne McBlain is the central team contact person for any queries relating to the competition. She created <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2024\/08\/20084433\/Revised-Climate-Change-Competition-education-planner.docx\">this<\/a>\u00a0interdisciplinary starter plan which captures the learning and skill development young people could gain from their participation.<\/p>\n<p>Our digital learning team have created some digital engagement advice available by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/09\/24125728\/Digital-Engagement-Advice.docx\">here<\/a> to help with digital campaigning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Information Between October 2025 and March 2026 Falkirk Secondary Schools will compete to see which school can reduce their electricity use the most. 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