Background

What is Solar4Schools all about?

Valley Community School Bolton

One 11th December 2006, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched the £50 million, Phase two, Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP), a grant scheme designed to reduce the cost of renewable energy systems by part funding installations on public sector buildings.

Grants are being awarded from the DTI to cover 50% of the cost of solar power, or photovoltaic (PV), installations across schools, housing authorities, housing associations and other public sector and charitable bodies throughout the UK.

Solar PV provides a powerful visual demonstration of how micro renewables can be incorporated into buildings to help meet broader government aims of carbon reduction by encouraging energy efficiency and on-site renewable energy generation. PV installations on schools and colleges also help educate the next generation about the importance of renewable energy.