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Aldercar High School
Daltons Close, Langley Mill, Nottingham NG16 4HL
Secondary
Electricity
Last year your school used 330,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 1,200 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 330,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 47 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 1,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 8,600 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 330,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 months
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 1,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 620 showers.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 8,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 24 years.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 8,400 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 11,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 430 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,600 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 21,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £590.
That's enough to buy 240 school dinners.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 27,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 330,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 945 years.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 270 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 8 weeks of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 330,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 120 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 2 years 3 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 200,000 smartphones.
Gas
Last year your school used 550,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 120 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last year your school used 550,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 48 UK homes in a year.
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Reminders
Start a transport survey so that you can find out how much carbon your school community generates by travelling to school
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You have completed 2/5 of the tasks in the Lower Your Lighting Impact programme
Complete the final 3 tasks now to score 90 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 19,000 kWh of gas and 19,000 kWh of electricity in the Summer 2025 holidays. Quick - ask your Site Manager to turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £3,400 this year.
Bad News! Your school's electricity use in the Summer 2026 holidays has increased by 22% compared to Summer 2025
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 70 points to overtake the next school!
Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 57th place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 159th place nationally.
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Recent activity on your scoreboard
Schools score points by recording their activities to investigate their energy use, learning about energy, and taking energy saving actions around their school.
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Feb 2026 | 30 | Conduct a lighting audit of your school |
| 16 Dec 2025 | 35 | Pupils talk to the school business or estate manager about improving the efficiency of school lighting |
| 09 Jun 2025 | 5 | Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes |
| 09 Jun 2025 | 5 | Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off |
| 02 Jun 2025 | 10 | Understand how our transportation choices impact the environment |
| 02 Jun 2025 | 5 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 02 Jun 2025 | 10 | Pupils and staff set an energy reduction target |
| 18 May 2025 | 20 | Run an assembly about the high carbon commute |
| 27 Jan 2025 | 30 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 27 Jan 2025 | 10 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |