Discover the latest news and updates from OAK Garden and find out what is going on in the world of sustainability via our latest Blog posts.
The government’s Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) is due to expire at the end of March to be replaced by the Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS). Confusing, huh? Let’s have a look at the two schemes and see if we can work it out....
26 January, 2023
We are well on our way into 2023 now, with schools in their second week of the new term, all the joys of Christmas a distant memory, and Spring still a few months away....
10 January, 2023
We recently celebrated our one-year anniversary since we installed in the first of our Enfield schools. A whole year of gathering and analysing their data! It’s been an interesting journey...
12 December, 2022
Stella Lander joined OAK Garden earlier this year, starting as a part-time blog writer and soon becoming an integral part of the team. She is Jessica's right-hand woman (though she's left-handed) and our blog writer extraordinaire....
17 November, 2022
A few months ago, we gifted our schools a set of very smart Smart Plugs. We wanted to use the data from these smart plugs to inform our behavioural recommendations and save the schools some money...
07 November, 2022
The bread and the butter of our electricity management service is the data. Our sensors allow us to gather and analyse real-time electricity consumption data in our schools, which gives us the means to provide personalised insights and recommendations....
10 October, 2022
Meet Jessica: Head of OAK Garden Jessica Lee (LinkedIn) has been with OAK Garden since Day 1. Starting as a project assistant, she soon impressed with her work ethic and dedication to sustainability. She has been running OAK Garden for the past year and has......
22 September, 2022
Summer is over, all the kids have swapped their bucket and spade for a pencil case and lunchbox. Teachers have swapped their pints of beer for pints of coffee, ready to welcome all the kids back to school for another year......
14 September, 2022
And the results are in… Literally. Today hundreds of thousands of students are receiving their GCSE results. After a difficult couple of years studying through lockdowns, they will finally see some results. Many young people will be making decisions about their future, planning degrees or......
25 August, 2022
Voltage Optimisers – the future? We have been collecting data in 6 schools in Enfield for almost a year and one of the main things we have learned is that voltage optimisers have the potential to have a real impact on emissions – and energy......
11 August, 2022
Green tech for a green future It’s safe to say that solving climate change is a monumental challenge, and that both natural and technical solutions will need to be leveraged on a massive scale if a net zero-carbon economy is to be successfully established. But......
28 July, 2022
Coal. Its start marked the beginning of the industrial revolution. Now, its end may mark the beginning of a green revolution. Coal use hit a record low in the UK in 2020, with only 1.72% of the UK’s electricity produced from coal combustion. ...
14 July, 2022