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Switch off for the holidays!

This group of pupil activities and staff actions will help you perfect your holiday switch off routine.

This programme is intended for the whole school

Completing this programme will score you 30 bonus points

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Overview

One of the biggest energy saving opportunities for schools is the reduction of out-of-hours energy use. The average school uses more than 60% of their energy when the school is closed to pupils and about a quarter of this is during holidays.

We have designed this programme of pupil activities and staff actions to help you perfect your holiday switch off routine. After each holiday, your out of hours advice pages will show how much energy was used in your school during the holiday and as long as we have enough energy data for you, we'll compare it against the amount of energy used in the same holiday last year.


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Pupil-led activities

Run a holiday switch off campaign 30 points

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Students and staff create a holiday switch off checklist 30 points

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Pupils take part in a holiday switch off 30 points

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Review and reflect/ Follow up check 20 points

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Energy saving actions

Switched off heating in school holidays 20 points

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Switched off hot water in school holidays 20 points

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Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays 10 points

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Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays 10 points

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