Reduce your school’s emissions and reach sustainability goals with Google for Education
Built with sustainability in mind, Google for Education tools help enhance instruction and lessen your school’s environmental impact.
Chromebooks are built to last
Chromebooks are designed with recycled materials, and can be easily used by numerous users over a long period of time. And best of all, they get 10 years of automatic updates – more than any other operating system commits to today.
Innovative features like adaptive charging helps preserve battery health, while battery saver will reduce or turn off energy-intensive processes.*
Chromebooks have many parts that can be repaired, and schools can build their own in school repair programs or send Chromebooks out to be repaired.
All devices reach a time when they stop being useful, especially as hardware evolves. Schools can either sell or recycle Chromebooks via their reseller, who will often collect them onsite. (Before you turn them over to a remarketer or recycler, make sure all devices are removed from management first.)
You can also search for drop-off recycling locations near you with our global recycling drop-off points feature in Google Maps.
Get a better understanding of the emissions associated with your school’s use of Gmail, Meet, Docs, and other Workspace products.
Google Meet provides productive virtual learning with moderator control and engagement features that save time while reducing the need to travel, including for parent-teacher conferences, professional development, or to connect with guest speakers virtually.
Google’s suite of products enables schools to collaborate more efficiently while saving time and reducing the need for paper usage.
Teaching students to live sustainably should be an imperative part of your curriculum. Leverage our tools and proposed lesson plans to help educate about eco-friendly living.
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“It’s really not until the sixth or seventh year of the device that we consider total losses, and even then we pull whichever parts we can use for other Chromebooks.”
*Carbon-free energy is any type of electricity generation that doesn’t directly emit carbon dioxide, including (but not limited to) solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and nuclear. Sustainable biomass and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are special cases considered on a case-by-case basis, but are often also considered carbon-free energy sources.
build on our future
Build on our future-forward efforts
Leverage Google innovation to build a foundation for your school.
Leaders in climate action
Use tools powered by some of the most energy-efficient data centers worldwide.
Investment in the future
Google is working towards our ambitious goal to run on 24/7 carbon-free energy on every grid where we operate by 2030.
Supplier engagement
We work with many future-thinking suppliers, and we’re partnering with them to develop decarbonization roadmaps and build essential data infrastructure to accurately quantify emissions and reductions across the value chain.
teach with more sustainable tools
Teach and learn with more sustainable tools
Invest in resources built responsibly and made to last so that you can get more from using less.
Devices built to last
Get the most out of devices with long life spans thanks to durable design, 10 years of Chromebook automatic updates, and repairable components.
Versatile for multiple use cases
Chromebooks come in multiple form factors, with secure shareability built in, and the ability to use them anywhere.
More energy efficient
More energy efficient with adaptive charging and battery saver to maximize battery life*.
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Reduce e-waste
With 10 years of automatic updates, get more out of devices that are easily repairable or repurposed, and can be recycled.
educate and enable
Educate and enable climate action
Make more sustainable choices with easy-to-use tools.
Reduce consumption with shareable, long lasting devices
Chromebooks are made to be securely sharable - enabling schools to reduce their consumption while increasing sustainability efforts.
Reduce environmental impact
Implement tools that help your school go paperless or decrease travel.
Teach climate responsibility
Use curriculum resources to help educate about the planet and climate change.
