Lakes College has announced that it has been the one of the first colleges nationwide to join forces with the Carbon Trust, they have signed up to the FE Carbon Management Programme with the aim to greatly reduce its carbon footprint within the next five years. 

In March 2011, the DECC (Department of Energy & Climate Change) launched its ‘5 Point Carbon Plan’ which highlights how Britain plans to take on climate change.   The document sets out the plans to build a low carbon Britain by cutting UK emissions by 34% in 2020 and over 80% by 2050 as well as maintaining secure energy supplies and maximising economic opportunities.  

  
Lakes College was one of the first UK Colleges to officially join forces with the Carbon Trust programme which they have named internally as ‘Carbon Lite’.  They have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions in the next five years from over 5000 tonnes to an estimated 4000 tonnes.  This in turn could save the college up to £280,000 over the five year period. 

The ‘Carbon Lite’ committee will actively work with the staff and the students at the college to raise awareness and offer guidance about the college carbon emission issues.  Heading up the ‘Carbon Lite’ programme is Deputy Principal Karen Wilson” We are delighted to announce that the wheels are in motion for Lakes College’s new carbon management programme. We intend to work hard over the coming years to support national and local agendas, and particularly Britain’s Energy Coast, in helping people become more environmentally aware and make reducing their carbon footprint a part of their everyday lives’