Schools, academies, colleges and education groups rely on energy across classrooms, heating, hot water, kitchens, lighting, IT, sports facilities and other buildings. For multi-academy trusts and larger education estates, multiple sites, meters, suppliers and contract dates can make utility management considerably more complex.
Flame Energy can help education settings manage commercial electricity, gas and water contracts, understand consumption and coordinate procurement across individual sites or an entire estate, with ongoing support throughout the contract period.
Energy and water management now sit firmly within the wider sustainability agenda for education. Department for Education guidance includes schools, multi-academy trusts and colleges within its sustainability leadership and climate action planning approach, with energy and water efficiency and reducing operating costs among the stated benefits.
Commercial solar is particularly relevant for suitable education estates. Government programmes are already installing solar across hundreds of schools and colleges, demonstrating the role onsite generation can play in reducing purchased electricity and supporting longer term sustainability plans.
Flame Energy can help assess commercial solar alongside existing electricity procurement, as well as renewable electricity and improved consumption visibility.
Energy costs compete directly with other education budgets, making forward planning and contract management particularly important. We can review electricity and gas requirements, compare suitable products from suppliers on our panel and help develop a procurement approach aligned with your organisation’s budget and preferred level of price certainty.
For multi-academy trusts, colleges and education groups, we can also coordinate suppliers, meters and contract end dates across multiple sites and support commercial water arrangements as part of a more joined up utility management approach.
Flame Energy provides ongoing support beyond procurement. We can help coordinate electricity, gas and water suppliers, contracts, meters and utility queries across a single school or an entire education estate, providing one central point of contact throughout the contract period.
Where suitable consumption data is available, we can also help improve visibility across sites, allowing estates and finance teams to compare locations and identify unusual changes that may warrant further investigation.
Find clear answers to some of the most common questions we’re asked about our services and how we support your business.
We can review your electricity and gas contracts and consumption, compare suitable procurement options from suppliers on our panel and provide ongoing support throughout the contract period. We can also support commercial water arrangements where required.
Yes. We can coordinate electricity, gas and water arrangements across multiple schools and academies, including suppliers, meters, contracts and renewal dates, providing one central point of contact for the trust's utility portfolio.
Potentially, yes. Education buildings can have substantial roof space and meaningful daytime electricity demand. Government programmes are already supporting solar installations across hundreds of schools and colleges. We can help assess whether onsite solar is suitable for your estate and how it could work alongside existing electricity procurement.
Yes. Where suitable consumption data is available, we can help improve visibility across schools, buildings and meters, allowing estates and finance teams to compare locations and identify unusual changes or consumption patterns.
We can support the energy and utility elements through procurement, renewable electricity, commercial solar, metering and consumption visibility. Wider climate action planning may include areas outside Flame Energy's service scope, such as buildings, transport, biodiversity and curriculum activity.
