Energy Efficiency Funding

Everyone wants to see action on climate change and improvements to the life chances of young people. The education sector is in a unique position to benefit from the energy savings and income-generating opportunities afforded by LED lighting and PV installations to achieve these twin objectives.

Barker works in partnership with various financial and government institutions to offer the most appropriate funding solutions to enable academies to implement energy efficiency projects, often with NO CAPITAL OUTLAY.

Salix Finance provides Government funding to the public sector to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills. Current initiatives are Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme and Low Carbon Skills Fund.

Maxxia is a leading Education funding specialist offering compliant, transparent contracts for energy solutions.

Less is More Capital is a social enterprise financial institution that is accredited by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and is supported by a number of major institutions.

We take care of the whole process from initial surveys, assessment of funding options through to project delivery so that you can get on with running your organisation.

Installing LED lighting and/or PV panels will;

Create surplus income
Cut CO2 emissions
Help student engagement on climate change
Give better quality light for teaching
Reduce maintenance requirements
Help insure you against rising energy costs

Contact Barker today to see how we can help.

Call 01279 647 111
and ask to speak to our Energy Efficiency funding Team

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MAT Capital Loans Pilot Scheme - LED Replacement & PV Installation Project

Value: £2.8m
Location: Various
Sectos: Education, Community and Leisure
Services: Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Sustainability, Building Surveying, Education Surveys

Barker obtained £2.8m funding via a bidding process with the ESFA through Multi Academy Trust Capital Loans Pilot Scheme to replace all existing light fittings with LED units and to provide and install PV Panels where possible.

Barker provided Project Management and Supervisor role under NEC3 to administer the contract through initial procurement process, interviews, selection of successful contract supplier and placement of contracts. Post-contract our involvement included project management of works, including instructions, early warning notices and compensation events. Supervisor role included inspecting installations to provide confirmation of quality and conformance with the specification and management of the snagging process.

The Pilot Scheme saw over 15,000 fittings replaced with a substantial amount of the works undertaken during the holiday periods.

The PV Panels which will have the capacity to generate over 700,000 kwh of electricity per annum for the next 25 years will save the Trusts over £2 million after the loan has been repaid.

Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS)

Client: Various Multi Academy Trusts
Value: £8.8m
Location: National
Sector: Education
Services: Education Funding, Sustainability

In September 2020 the UK Government announced the £1bn PSDS funding for energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects to be administered by Salix Finance. In response, over 50 of our clients requested support in surveys to gathering asset data across their estates to support grant fund applications.

This resulted in the rapid mobilisation of a large team of building surveyors and engineers to inspect our client’s sites, capturing asset data on plant, building fabric etc.

The survey programme needed to be completed in a 3-month period to meet timelines for applications. The Barker Team successfully completed over 370 audits in less than three months.

Following completion of the data capture, the team then used our EO Portal data analytics to support the financial modelling to support capital bids for projects such as PV Panels, LED lighting. Of those we put forward, a staggering 131 projects were approved. With funding secured, the Barker team have mobilised projects on various sites with the view to delivering them by March 2022 deadline.

"With Barker's assistance, we were able to secure funds from the LCSF round to put together Energy Assessments for some of our schools, and amazingly, secure over £3million worth of funding with the PSDS round (10% of the overall Multi Academy Trust award) for various carbon reduction schemes; LED lighting installation, solar panel installation, hand dryer installations, and some smaller TRV and insulation works. Barker have been great through the whole process, assisting with the initial skills fund award, the bids, monitoring paperwork as well as project tenders, set up, and completion. " - Academies Enterprise Trust