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Beaudesert Lower School
Appenine Way, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 3DX
Primary
Electricity
Last year your school used 70,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 200 years.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 310 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,800 km.
Electricity
Last month your school used 9,800 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 14 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 11,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £1,500 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 290 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 70,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 11 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £300.
That's enough to buy 120 school dinners.
Electricity
Last year your school used 70,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 weeks
Electricity
Last year your school used 70,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 26 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 14,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 100,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 70,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 260 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 9,800 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 13,000 km.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 1,200 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 6,800 km.
Storage heaters
Last week your school's storage heaters used 510 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 3,400 kettles.
Storage heaters
Last year your school's storage heaters used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 days.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £1,000.
That's enough to pay for 410 school dinners.
Gas
Last week your school used 6,300 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 3,000 showers.
Storage heaters
Last year your school's storage heaters used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 5.4 average homes in a year.
Gas
Last year your school used 180,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 37 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last year your school used 180,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 15 UK homes in a year.
Storage heaters
Last year your school's storage heaters used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 55 solar panels in a year.
Storage heaters
Last month your school's storage heaters used 2,500 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 7 years.
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Reminders
Measure classroom temperatures to find out whether you should turn down the heating to save energy
Start a transport survey so that you can find out how much carbon your school community generates by travelling to school
You have completed 2/8 of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
Complete the final 6 tasks now to score 130 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your storage heater usage
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 4,800 kWh of gas and 1,100 kWh of electricity in the Spring half term 2025 holidays. Quick - ask your Site Manager to turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £400 this year.
Over the last year 61% of your electricity was used when the school was closed. What are those teachers getting up to out of hours?? This has cost the school £7,600. Time to take action!
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2025 | 20 | Investigate heat loss in your school with a thermal imaging camera |
| 14 Jan 2025 | 30 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 14 Jan 2025 | 10 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 14 Jan 2025 | 20 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |
| 01 Jan 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |