Introduce an energy efficiency reward system
Ashwood Spencer Academy, Friday, 26 September 2025
30 points
560 pupils
Communicator
KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
Every Friday during assembly, a plant and planet teddy is rewarded to the class that saved the most electricity. Spotted by the ECO team, lights/boards off at break and lunch etc.,
Activity description
Consider carrying out daily monitoring of:
Checks of classroom temperatures (are they within an agreed range)
Checks of classroom temperatures (are they within an agreed range)
Monitoring whether outside doors / windows are closed during cold weather
Come up with your own system to record performance in each class or department or use our recording sheets (from the activities above).
Some schools use:
Come up with your own system to record performance in each class or department or use our recording sheets (from the activities above).
Some schools use:
- token systems - show good performance with a green token in a pot in the classroom and poor performance is recorded by a red token in a different pot. This creates a visual view of the performance of a class. The class with the most green tokens at the end of an agreed period of time gets an award.
- sticker charts so the individual performance each day can be tracked
- electronically via charts which are shared in assemblies
How could you reward classes that are trying their best to reduce energy waste?
Rewards for the best performing classes could range from an Energy Saver of the Month trophy, to environmentally themed low cost prizes such as packets of seeds for use in a school garden, going on a class nature/wildlife walk etc . Some secondary schools have rewarded the best performing department with extra money for resources!