Road to zero carbon, Final report of the Zero Carbon Task Force, January 2010

Schools can and are doing a great deal to reduce their carbon demands but the delivery of zero carbon schools depends on many outside factors, including the management of ICT, the decarbonisation of the energy supplies and the community distribution of heat and power.

The Zero Carbon Task Force was established in early 2008 by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with a remit to advise on what needs to be done to reach the goal that all new school buildings will be zero carbon by 2016.

In March 2009 Carbon Task Force published an interim report setting out initial findings and making a range of recommendations for action. This final report sets out what they have been doing, what steps are required and what conditions necessary to deliver zero carbon schools by 2016.