Built Environment School Service (BESS) Energy
Worried about increasing energy costs? Wanting to save money and improve your environmental credentials? Energy is one of the biggest spends for schools after staffing. Leicester City Council has worked closely to develop an offer to develop tools and reports to empower staff and students to take control of their energy use.
Further information
BESS Energy Core 2026-27 - 12 month subscription
This offer is open to all schools in Leicester City at cost price as part of our Climate Emergency Declaration commitment.
What is included in the service:
- Online monitoring of gas and electricity via Energy Sparks
- Wrap around support by the Sustainable Schools' team for onboarding, general advice, education and energy specific support
- Provision of data for school's preferred DEC provider
This service will start in September 2026.
For more information, click on the flyer below.
Price - £820
BESS Energy Enhanced 2026-27 - 12 month subscription
This offer is open to all schools in Leicester City at cost price as part of our Climate Emergency Declaration commitment.
What is included in the service?
All of the BESS Energy Core offer:
- Online monitoring of gas and electricity via Energy Sparks
- Wrap around support by the Sustainable Schools' team for onboarding, general advice, education and energy specific support
- Provision of data for school's preferred DEC provider
Plus BESS Energy Enhanced:
- Identification and reporting of excessive use/wastage (including visits)
- Provision of your annual DEC certificate (or subsidised 7 year DEC certificate)
- Online or face to face training
- 10 hours of bespoke support per school (including technical, analysis and education support for staff and pupils)
This service will start in September 2026.
For more information, click on the flyer below.
Price - £1195
BESS Energy Academies 2026 - Annual Energy and Carbon Report
From 1 April 2020, academy trusts will need to report on environmental reporting regulations. Regulations require large companies which consume more than 40,000 kWh of energy in a reporting period to include certain information about energy efficiency measures. Large companies are defined by sections 465-466 of the Companies Act 2006 as companies which meet 2 out of the following 3 criteria:
- Gross income of £36 million or more;
- Balance sheet assets of £18 million or more; and
- 250 employees or more
The reporting period for academy trusts will be 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026.
Further guidance is available on the Government website.
What is included in the service?
Reports which covers:
- Annual carbon, energy and water usage reports
- Analysis of energy and water trends/patterns of usage
- Identifying the impact of energy/water efficiency improvements
- Data in a format required as part of Energy and Carbon Reporting regulation (from September 2020):
- UK energy use (in kWh) including purchased electricity, gas and transport fuel
- Associated greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)
- At least one ‘intensity ratio’ that expresses the academy trust’s annual emissions in relation to a quantifiable factor associated with its activities
- Information about energy efficiency action taken during the year
- Methodologies used in the calculation of disclosures
- Provision of a collated MAT report provided
- Provision of data for school’s preferred Display Energy Certificate (DEC) provider
This offer is open to all Multi-Academy Trusts in England (not just Leicester).
This service is available from September 2026
For more information, click on the flyer below.
£185 per academy
£170 for Leicester BESS Energy Schools
To sign up for any of the BESS Energy subscriptions please complete the online form.
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