Cowdenbeath’s Hill Of Beath Primary and Nursery School, North Queensferry Primary, Crossgates Primary, Cairneyhill Primary and Saline Primary and Nursery School will receive air source heat pumps if the upgrades are approved.

The pumps are designed to provide a “minimum 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the current building plant heating system”.

The council’s education service wrote in a planning application that the project is part of the commitment to decarbonisation, The Courier reports.

Fife Council has appointed Alternative Heat Ltd as a contractor on the design and installation of the air source heat pumps.

A planning statement reads: “All projects are to be delivered as part of Fife Council’s climate action plan in its commitment to decarbonise as rapidly as possible, following a climate emergency declaration in September 2019 and with a set target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.”

The pumps will reduce the schools’ gas usage and the emissions generated by the existing gas boiler systems.

The pumps would be sited on level surfaces on each campus and fenced off.