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Birchgrove Comprehensive School
Electricity
That's the electricity used by 83 average homes in a year.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 7 days.
Electricity
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 636 years.
Electricity
That's enough energy to boil 36,000 kettles.
Electricity
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 29,000 km.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by 840 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
That's enough to buy 1,700 books for the school library.
Electricity
That's enough energy to charge 270,000 smartphones.
Electricity
That's enough energy to play 3 years 1 month of computer games.
Electricity
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 4,300 km.
Electricity
It will take 34 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
That's enough to buy 800 school dinners.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 10 weeks
Electricity
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 29,000 km.
Gas
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 9,400 showers.
Gas
That's the gas used by 35 UK homes in a year.
Gas
It will take 83 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 21,000 km.
Gas
That's enough to pay for 2,500 school dinners.
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Reminders and alerts
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 1/6 of the tasks in the Cut Out the High Carbon Commute programme
Complete the final 5 tasks now to score 110 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
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You need to score more than 20 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 16th place on the Wales scoreboard and 101st 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Nov 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 28 Apr 2025 | 10 | Other |
| 21 Apr 2025 | 35 | Upgraded kitchen appliances |
| 11 Apr 2025 | 35 | Create and maintain a holiday switch off list |
| 27 Feb 2025 | 10 | Provided portable heaters for staff working in the holidays |
| 01 Nov 2024 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 31 Oct 2024 | 30 | Upgraded windows to double or triple glazed |
| 09 May 2024 | 30 | Upgraded kitchen appliances |
| 29 Apr 2024 | 30 | Switched off heating for the summer |
| 12 Mar 2024 | 35 | Get expert advice on fitting solar panels |
