About Us
The Barker Consortium
The consortium chosen to work on the Net Zero Accelerator Programme Pathfinder is led by Barker Associates; a leading consultancy, which provides decarbonisation strategy, technical advice and large-scale delivery of decarbonisation retrofit programmes to the education sector.
Barker has combined its skills and experience in a consortium with six other leading companies, all of which are currently working extensively with the schools’ sector in the arena of decarbonisation, energy management and behavioural change management. These companies regularly work together as the TEEAM Alliance. The roles and responsibilities of each company within the consortium are outlined below:
Let’s Go Zero
Project responsibility: Educational support and behavioural change
Let’s Go Zero is a national campaign, aimed at empowering schools to take charge of their environmental impact and achieve zero carbon emissions by the year 2030 launched by the climate action charity Ashden.
Ashden’s mission is to accelerate transformative climate solutions and build a more just world by supporting climate innovations in the UK.
Place Group
Project responsibility: Education and procurement consulting
Place Group enables education transformation programmes through their team of specialist consulting and procurement experts.
School Property Matters
Project responsibility: BIM and educational data capture
School Property Matters is a market leader in education estates data capture for land and buildings.
Caladen Consulting
Project responsibility: Technical engineering support
Caladen Consulting comprises a an expert team of low carbon designers, engineers and carbon compliance experts.
Ginger Energy
Project responsibility: Energy and utility consultancy
Ginger Energy is a Confederation of Schools Trusts Platinum Partner for specialist energy consultancy , energy procurement and energy purchasing strategy.
Blue Marble
Project responsibility: Environmental consultants
Blue Marble is a specialist in Scope 3 emissions, ICT strategy energy impact and also independent verification.
Project Leadership
The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned LocatED, the specialist Government-owned property consultancy to create and run the Net Zero Accelerator Programme Pathfinder.
