A next-generation, artificial intelligence-based, sustainability platform for schools

2022年4月，英国政府发布了题为《可持续发展与气候变化：教育和儿童服务系统战略》的政策文件。该政策支持所有英国学校到2030年实现“零碳”，并宣布长期和一致的政策和资金，以实现这一目标（符合英国政府到2050年实现碳中和的更广泛目标）。该政策确保将投资于培训教师，在整个课程中进行可持续发展教育，并装备学院和学校，使所有学习者与自然联系起来。政府还承诺投资改造和翻新学校，教育部承诺改善建筑规格，以便从2022年起所有新校舍都将实现净零碳。为了支持这些目标，到2025年，每所学校都必须制定气候行动计划，以实现零碳地位。每所学校都将有一名受过培训的工作人员担任可持续发展领导，并将向每所学校提供气候素养培训，将可持续发展作为职业指导的法定特征。可持续发展的责任最终将由现场经理（在学校中称为学校业务经理）承担。对于那些管理合规性的人来说，最大的挑战是他们往往是被动的，受到预算，资源和时间的限制。也往往缺乏安全的心态，不一定是由个人驱动，而是由无数的法规和立法，他们需要解释和理解。上述额外的可持续发展要求将进一步加重这些挑战。iAM Compliant成立于2016年，旨在为学校和企业提供一站式的场所，健康和安全合规性，并减少繁文缛节。iAM Compliant平台提供无缝界面和云托管解决方案，可将用户所需的所有信息集中到一个中心位置。iAM Compliant平台从一开始就突破了创新界限，目前已被500多所英国公立学校使用。该创新贷款项目的主要目标是扩展现有平台的功能，为学校提供世界上第一个数字工具，指导他们制定自己的气候行动计划，并帮助他们变得更加可持续。该平台将通过开发一流的、经过认证的学习内容来支持。

In April 2022, the UK Government published its policy paper titled Sustainability and Climate Change: A Strategy for the Education and Children's Services Systems. The policy supports a drive for all UK schools to be "zero carbon" by 2030 and announces long term and consistent policies and funding to enable this (in line with wider Government targets for the UK to be carbon neutral by 2050). The policy ensures there will be investment in training teachers in education for sustainable development across the curriculum, and in equipping colleges and schools to give all learners a connection to nature. The Government also commits to investing in adapting and retrofitting the school estate and the Department for Education commits to improving their building specifications, so that all new school buildings from 2022 onwards will be net zero carbon.To support these ambitions, by 2025 every school is mandated to have a Climate Action Plan that will result in zero carbon status. Each school will have a trained staff member who acts as a Sustainability Lead and Climate Literacy Training will be offered to every school with sustainability embedded as a statutory feature of careers guidance.The sustainability responsibility will ultimately rest with site managers (referred to as School Business Managers in schools). The biggest challenges for those managing compliance are they are often reactive, limited by budget, resource and time. There is also often a lack of safety mindset, not necessarily driven by the individual but by the myriad of regulations and legislation they need to interpret and understand. The additional sustainability requirements outlined above will add further weight to these challenges.iAM Compliant was established in 2016 to provide schools and businesses with a one stop shop for premises, health and safety compliance and cut through the red tape. The iAM Compliant platform offers a seamless interface and cloud-hosted solution that brings all the information users need into one central place. Having pushed the innovation boundaries from the outset, the iAM Compliant platform is used by over 500 UK state schools.The main goal of this Innovation Loan project is to extend the current platform's functionality to provide the world's first digital tool for schools to guide them through the process of creating their own Climate Action Plan and help them become more sustainable. The platform will be supported by the development of best in class, accredited learning content.