Glasgow Clyde College
The Off-Grid Classroom
Finalist, Next Generation Learning and Skills
About
Glasgow Clyde College’s Off-Grid Renewable Energy Classroom represents a pioneering whole-college approach to sustainability that combines environmental leadership, curriculum innovation and industry-responsive skills development. Developed from a disused electronics lab at the College’s Cardonald Campus, the project transformed ageing infrastructure into Scotland’s first fully off-grid, net zero classroom powered by solar PV, wind generation and advanced battery storage technologies. The initiative demonstrates how sustainability can be embedded simultaneously across curriculum, campus operations, institutional culture and wider economic engagement.
Top 3 learnings
1. We learned sustainability is most powerful when students experience it practically.
2. We learned existing spaces can be transformed into high-impact learning environments.
3. We learned industry skills develop faster through live renewable technologies.
SDGs
4. Quality education
| 2026 | |
| Next Generation Learning and Skills | |
| Finalist, UK and Ireland |
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