The Office for Environmental Protection and the School Administration Office support schools in reducing their energy and water consumption with the LESS project. The aim of the project is to anchor the topics of energy saving, sustainability, resource and climate protection in schools. Pupils should discover energy-saving potential themselves and develop measures to reduce the consumption of energy and water in schools.
The LESS project aims to ensure that the everyday behavior practiced in schools is also applied in the pupils' private environment. At the same time, it aims to raise awareness of the fact that the raw materials and energy sources available on earth are finite. In this way, LESS makes an important contribution to environmental and climate protection both inside and outside schools.
As part of the LESS project's annual event in June 2025, 28 successfully participating schools received certificates as well as bonuses and special prizes for special projects totaling over 25,000 euros.
Information material about the LESS project
- LESS: Goals and program backgroundPDF-File 124,30 kB
- LESS: Introduction and sample projectsPDF-File 5,47 MB
- Sample declaration of participationPDF-File 168,14 kB
- Sample evaluationPDF-File 724,36 kB
- Schedule 2025-2026PDF-File 85,12 kB
- Questionnaire 2025-2026PDF-File 106,53 kB
- LESS superordinate projectsPDF-File 265,13 kB
You can join LESS at any time
As an incentive, the schools receive a share of the energy costs saved, which they can dispose of freely. In addition, all schools are rewarded via a points system for their educational activities in raising awareness of ways to save energy.
Other schools can join the project at any time. To do so, Stuttgart schools can contact the Office for Environmental Protection. The contact person is Sandra Langer or lessstuttgartde
More information
- Educational materials on the Climate Protection Plan 2050 (from grade 8) (opens in a new tab)
- Teaching materials on the work of the Coal Commission (opens in a new tab)
- Information on the traveling exhibition "Climate Protection at your Fingertips - Climate Change to Tackle". (opens in a new tab)
- Lessons "Climate meets school" (grades 5-10) (opens in a new tab)
- Link to the school booster (opens in a new tab)
Sandra Langer
