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Net Zero Buildings (NZB), an offsite manufacturing company pioneering for a net zero education estate, has partnered with Points4Planet.
The innovative app-based platform empowers and supports schools’ sustainability efforts as they put into action their 2025 Climate Action Plan. However, having reached the 2025 deadline many schools are still finalising this as the new year begins.
NZB and Points4Planet are using their partnership to drive change in the education sector by providing the tools for schools to overcome sustainability challenges and remain on the pathway to net zero.
Already helping to improve the sustainability of over 20 schools across the UK, Points4Planet tracks activity using a school’s unique data, enabling staff and students to understand their carbon footprint and implement real change.
In addition to laying the foundation for a net zero strategy, as schools implement sustainable practices such as installing EV charging points, to encouraging pupils to walk to school where possible, students and staff can earn Planet Influencer Points. These in turn can influence real-world projects, funded by partnered organisations, including Greggs and Travis Perkins.
As the first construction partner with this ambitious scheme, NZB is supporting the initiative by providing schools with insight into how to decarbonise their estates. Offering expert advice and support via the app, this partnership will enable schools to make long-term positive changes that will benefit students, staff and wider communities as well as the environment.
Hannah Gains, National Education Manager at Net Zero Buildings, said: “With climate action firmly on the agenda and net zero targets moving ever closer, many schools face a challenging year as they seek to make sustainability a core focus.
“Through our partnership with Points4Planet, alongside our expertise in creating net zero in operation buildings, we want to inspire positive change in the education sector, by showing schools and pupils just how much impact they can make for the environment.”
