Chase Lane Primary and Nursery School
Primary Chase Lane, Harwich, Essex CO12 4NBLast year your school used 200,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 49 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Last month your school's gas use cost £910.
That's enough to pay for 370 school dinners.
Last week your school's gas use generated 2,100 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 13,000 km.
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 15 UK homes in a year.
Last week your school used 10,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 4,900 showers.
Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 16,000 kettles.
Last week your school's electricity use generated 510 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 3,100 km.
Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 15,000 km.
Last month your school has used £1,500 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 300 books for the school library.
Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 340,000 smartphones.
Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 17 months of computer games.
Last month your school used 10,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 15,000 km.
Last month your school used 10,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 days.
Last week your school's electricity use cost £360.
That's enough to buy 150 school dinners.
Let's look at the energy use data for your school:
Things to do
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 5.9 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 3.7 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £3,800?
Over the last year your school's gas use was 200,000 kWh and generated 43,000 kg CO2. This is too high. Other schools of a similar size used 170,000 kWh. Match these schools and save £1,300!
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
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What's been going on?
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Completed an activity: Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?Fri 4th Mar 2022 |
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Started a campaign to only switch on kitchen equipment when neededFri 4th Mar 2022 |
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Started a campaign to open blinds and switch off lightsFri 4th Mar 2022 |
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