The use of educational sets in secondary schools started in September 2011 in French school establishments based in France and abroad. Boasting a great success and an increasing demand from secondary and high school teachers, new material was made available to these teachers. 

The purpose of Total Solar Expert sets is to develop young people's interest for solar energy issues.

Because respecting the environment starts a young age, the British subsidiary of Total encourages schools to promote green education to children. 

For this, it created the Total Green School Awards in 2007, annual trophies awarding those who presented the best initiatives in this field. 

Organised every other two years in a European city, the Solar Decathlon Europe is an international competition intended for pupils in architecture and engineering.  

They hope to take on this challenge together: thanks to solar energy, to imagine and build a house which produces more energy that it consumes. 

Since 2012, Total and SunPower are partners of this event and guide the teams in designing their photovoltaic system. 

Planète Energies is an initiative by Total. It has an educational objective aimed for pupils, teachers of elementary, secondary and high schools and any curious minds looking to understand all about the various existing energies.   

This initiative is shown through an Internet site in both French and English with a special area just for teachers, proposing free conferences in school establishments and educational materials which can be either ordered or downloaded.