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Castle Mead Academy
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 10 days.
Electricity
That's enough to buy 1,000 books for the school library.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by 1,300 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
That's enough energy to boil 20,000 kettles.
Electricity
That's enough energy to charge 150,000 smartphones.
Electricity
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 15,000 km.
Electricity
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 982 years.
Electricity
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,200 km.
Electricity
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 43,000 km.
Electricity
That's the electricity used by 130 average homes in a year.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 months
Electricity
That's enough energy to play 1 year 8 months of computer games.
Electricity
It will take 50 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
That's enough to buy 170 school dinners.
Gas
It will take 100 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
That's the gas used by 43 UK homes in a year.
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Reminders
Measure classroom temperatures to find out whether you should turn down the heating to save energy
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You need to score more than 225 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 28th place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 107th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2026 | 20 | Switched off heating in school holidays |
| 18 Feb 2026 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 12 Jan 2026 | 10 | Other |
| 12 Jan 2026 | 10 | Introduce a new staff member to Energy Sparks |
| 12 Jan 2026 | 20 | Changed central heating set temperature |
| 09 Jan 2026 | 20 | Switched off heating at weekends |
| 08 Jan 2026 | 10 | Checked windows are closed at the end of the day |
| 07 Jan 2026 | 10 | Checked windows are closed at the end of the day |
| 05 Jan 2026 | 10 | Checked windows are closed at the end of the day |
| 23 Dec 2025 | 30 | Investigate whether the school's heating and hot water is switched off during the school holidays |