{"id":5283,"date":"2025-04-24T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/?post_type=case-study&#038;p=5283"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:55:53","slug":"e-act-academy-trust","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/case-studies\/e-act-academy-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"E-ACT Academy Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media-content wp-block animate animate--stacked media-content--left media-content--type-image media-content--layout-default alignwide has-accent-color has-brand-yellow-accent-color\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"media-content__content \">\n\n        <h2 id=\"key-stats-12-schools\" class=\"media-content__heading\">Key stats (12 schools)<\/h2>\n        <ul>\n<li><strong>Sector:\u00a0<\/strong>Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Installation size:\u00a0<\/strong> 1.32MWp across 12 schools<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual generation:<\/strong> 1,090MWh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual savings: <\/strong>\u00a3272,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual CO2 reduction<\/strong>:\u00a0226 tonnes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Return on investment:\u00a0<\/strong>5 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"media-content__media animate-element\">\n\n            \n                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-super size-super is--landscape\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-1.webp 1220w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-1-300x166.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-1-1024x567.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-1-768x425.webp 768w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                \n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" id=\"video\">Watch the video<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Green Business Stories: Solar installation for E-ACT Academy Trust\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MuFUS8GrYZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\"><strong>The challenge: <\/strong>Solar installations across 12 schools in a Multi Academy Trust<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-act.org.uk\/\">E-ACT<\/a> is a Multi Academy Trust comprising 38 academies across England. Good Energy Solar successfully won a tender in June 2023 to install solar panels across 12 of the Trust\u2019s sites \u2013 situated across Sheffield, Birmingham and Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide\">With great teamwork, we commenced the programme just months later; having gained DNO consents, procured materials and scheduled the works amongst a very busy summer holiday calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide\">We were faced with a number of challenges along the way; for example, roof types we initially thought we couldn\u2019t fit to and schools with high-risk pupils that meant even working during the holidays would be difficult. However, thanks to the knowledge from our highly-experienced surveyors and the relationships we built with the Trust\u2019s Regional Estates Partners, these obstacles were overcome swiftly, and we managed to complete the programme by February 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\"><strong>The Solution: <\/strong>1.32 MWp total solar capacity, with huge financial and carbon savings for the schools<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide\">Across a seven month programme, Good Energy Solar installed solar arrays at seven secondary and five primary academies, with sizes spanning from 32.2kWp to 208.84kWp.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide\">Annually, the 12 sites expect to generate 1,090MWh of solar electricity, which will present them with a significant saving of \u00a3272,000 a year in energy bills. What\u2019s more, the substantial solar arrays will cut the Trust\u2019s carbon footprint by 226 tonnes each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide has-brand-yellow-background-color has-background\">\u201cI understand from the teams that Good Energy Solar has been great to work with, making their jobs much easier with all of the projects and I have found you to be very thorough and professional too. I hope we shall work with you again in the future.\u201d <strong>E-ACT Academy Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is--inner-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-1024x567.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-1024x567.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-300x166.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg-768x425.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-1-1220x675.jpg.webp 1220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is--inner-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-2-900x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-2-900x500-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-2-900x500-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/E-ACT-2-900x500-1-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cta-bar wp-block has-dark-grey-background-color has-background alignwide\">\n        <div class=\"cta-bar__inner\">\n                    <h2 id=\"get-your-commercial-solar-quote-today\" class=\"cta-bar__heading\">Get your commercial solar quote today<\/h2>        \n                    <div class=\"cta-bar__content\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/commercial-solar-panels-for-businesses\/#enquiry-form\"  class=\"g-button\">\n                        <span class=\"link__text\">\n            Get a quote        <\/span>\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the video The challenge: Solar installations across 12 schools in a Multi Academy Trust E-ACT is a Multi Academy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2309,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"cs-product":[99],"class_list":["post-5283","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-schools-universities","cs-product-commercial-solar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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