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Bramley Vale Primary School
York Crescent, Bramley Vale, Derbyshire S44 5PF
Primary
Last week your school's electricity use cost £380.
That's enough to buy 150 school dinners.
Last week your school's solar panels generated 160 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 5 weeks of computer games.
Last year your school used 69,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 weeks
Last year your school used 69,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 26 average homes in a year.
Last year your school used 69,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 197 years.
Last week your school used 1,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 6,900 kettles.
Last year your school used 69,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 10 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Last week your school's electricity use generated 110 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 620 km.
Last year your school used 69,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 260 solar panels in a year.
Last year your school's solar panels generated 5,700 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 7,300 km.
Last year your school's solar panels generated 5,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 16 years.
Last week your school used 1,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 7 months of computer games.
Last week your school used 1,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 5,500 km.
Last week your school used 1,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 52,000 smartphones.
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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
You have completed 4/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
Complete the final 6 tasks now to score 140 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 4.4 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 1 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £11,000?
Your school's electricity use over the last year was 69,000 kWh and generated 8,900 kg CO2. This is too high. Other schools with a similar number of pupils use 29,000 kWh. Reducing your electricity use to match this level would save you £15,000. What can you do to help?
Scoreboard update
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Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 19th place on the East Midlands 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.
| Place | School | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31st | Welford, Sibbertoft & Sulby Endowed School | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 34th | Greenstone Primary School | 30 | Introduced a policy on classroom temperature |
| 23rd | Albany Junior School | 30 | Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off |
| 24th | Barley Croft Primary School | 30 | Added insulation to hot water tanks and pipes |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 05 May 2026 | 30 | Run a campaign to switch off electrical equipment overnight |
| 05 May 2026 | 30 | Thermometers are put in each classroom to monitor room temperature |
| 21 Apr 2026 | 10 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 21 Apr 2026 | 30 | Learn about appliances that use energy at home and school |
| 21 Apr 2026 | 35 | Design posters to remind pupils to not waste food |
| 24 Feb 2026 | 30 | Pupils meet with the caretaker or site manager to discuss their role in saving energy |
| 24 Feb 2026 | 30 | Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off |
| 24 Feb 2026 | 30 | Review school heating timings |
| 27 Jan 2026 | 10 | Monitor whether adults and pupils are wearing warmer clothes inside the school building during winter |
| 27 Jan 2026 | 30 | Thermometers are put in each classroom to monitor room temperature |