Environmentally friendly lights at borough schools

ROYAL BOROUGH: Environmentally friendly lighting will be installed in schools across Windsor and Maidenhead after the council received a £205,000 grant, writes Shay Bottomley.

The funding, from the Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, will be used to switch to LEDs across 14 council buildings: 12 schools, plus Maidenhead Library and the Tinkers Lane Depot in Windsor.

The new lights will be installed over the summer holidays in time for the return of children to classrooms in September.

Cllr Donna Stimson, cabinet member for climate change and sustainability, said: “Schools are responsible for more than 40 per cent of our carbon emissions as a council and therefore it’s imperative that we invest to reduce their environmental impact.

“This project will go towards reducing those emissions and make an important contribution towards the council’s adopted environment and climate strategy, which sets out our vision and actions to achieve the borough’s net-zero emissions target by 2050.”

The new lights will also improve the learning environment as a result of improved light direction, meaning better lit work surfaces.

The schools that will have work undertaken are:

W Alexander First School, Windsor

W Boyne Hill School, Maidenhead

W Braywood School, Oakley Green

W Churchmead School, Datchet

W Courthouse School, Maidenhead

W Furze Platt Junior School, Maidenhead

W Holy Trinity School, Sunningdale

W King’s Court School, Windsor

W Oakfield First School, Windsor

W St Edward’s First School, Windsor

W Waltham St Lawrence Primary School

W Wessex Primary School, Maidenhead