How Future Academies Centralised Energy Data and Automated SECR Reporting Across Their Schools
Future Academies is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) running multiple schools across London. Subject to SECR requirements, they needed a way to centralise energy data across all their sites and automate their annual carbon reporting — without hiring a dedicated sustainability manager.
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Automated
SECR reporting
Automated
SECR reporting
Multi-site
emissions tracking
School-level
performance breakdowns
Staff
engagement programme
The Challenge
What Future Academies faced
Future Academies faced the challenges common to large MATs: energy data scattered across multiple schools, inconsistent billing formats from different energy suppliers, and SECR compliance requirements with no in-house sustainability expertise.
Multi-site data collection across multiple schools with different energy suppliers
SECR compliance required as a large unquoted company
No dedicated sustainability manager or team
Limited visibility into school-level energy performance
Growing expectations from parents, governors, and DfE for environmental leadership
The Solution
How Climatise helped
Climatise worked with Future Academies to centralise their energy data, automate their emissions calculations, and generate SECR-compliant reports across their entire estate.
Data Centralisation
Collected energy data from all schools into a single platform, handling different bill formats and suppliers automatically.
Automated Calculations
Scope 1 and 2 emissions calculated automatically using DEFRA factors, with school-by-school breakdowns.
SECR Reporting
One-click SECR report generation with methodology notes, intensity ratios, and energy efficiency narrative.
Staff Engagement
Energy performance dashboards shared with school leaders to drive awareness and behavioural change.
“The platform cut our reporting time and gave us data we could actually use. We can now show parents exactly what we're doing on emissions, backed by real numbers.”
Alberta Edland
Chief Financial Officer, Future Academies
Beyond Reporting
School-by-School Impact
Individual energy profiles for each school in the trust
Comparative dashboards showing relative performance
Targeted reduction plans per site based on actual data
Governor-ready environmental reports for each academy
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