Most schools use a lot of energy when the school is actually closed to pupils!  Can you believe that they'd want to be heating and powering an empty building when it costs so much and has such a huge environmental impact to do so?

In this chart the holiday weeks (each bar is a week) are almost as high as the school term weeks!

Can you see how much the example above was spending on powering the school during the holidays?

In advance of the next holidays speak to your Site Manager or Caretaker about switching off heating and hot water during the holidays. Ask them to to sit down with you and create a list of everything that can be turned off for holidays.  Follow our guide to making a holiday switch off checklist.

Make sure that everyone knows about the switch off list.
Hold an assembly, speak to the teachers in a staff meet or make posters to go around the school, including:

Why not have a look at some of the Energy Sparks checklists (above right) to help you make sure nothing is missed.