Carbon Reduction & Sustainability 

Volatility in fuel and power prices and financial pressures make decarbonisation particularly challenging for the higher and further education sector.  

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Supporting the Carbon Reduction Journey

TEC aims to support our members wherever they may be on their carbon reduction journey. Our Carbon Reduction Solutions team provides advice, guidance and support on a range of energy reduction and decarbonisation solutions. We also facilitate discussion and knowledge sharing amongst our members to help disseminate good practice for the benefit of everyone.  

To better understand and be led by the needs of our members we carried out a survey in 2023. This sought to uncover our members carbon reduction ambitions, specific opportunities, and barriers to progress. The results of the survey have helped us to shape the carbon reductions support we offer. 

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Key decarbonisation initiatives: 

  • Providing good practice guidance on foundational matters such as running an energy working group, understanding the TEC offer, and adopting a heating and cooling policy. 
  • Enabling access to the membership for power purchase agreements, to bring genuinely additional renewable installations to be financed through members’ energy invoices. 
  • Using consumption and geographical data to identify members’ sites that might be especially suitable for the deployment of different renewable technologies. 
  • Facilitating and promoting a series of routes to market for key technologies such as solar, metering and consumption analysis, decarbonisation planning. 
  • Identifying and sharing good practice within the sector, collating information and disseminating it through conferences, blog posts, case studies and webinars. 
  • Facilitating discussion groups on key technologies such as BEMS and district heating. 

Unlock Expert Insights on Technologies and Market Strategies
Unlock Expert Insights on Technologies and Market Strategies
Learn from Peer Experiences and Successes
Learn from Peer Experiences and Successes
Access to Best Practice Guidance
Access to Best Practice Guidance
Facilitating Access to Power Purchase Agreements
Facilitating Access to Power Purchase Agreements