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Dartford Science and Technology College
Dartford Science & Technology College, Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent. DA1 2LY
Secondary
Electricity
Last year your school used 550,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 6 months
Electricity
Last week your school used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 740,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last week your school used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 100,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £2,200.
That's enough to buy 890 school dinners.
Electricity
Last week your school used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 79,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 550,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 82 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last month your school used 60,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 weeks.
Electricity
Last year your school used 550,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1565 years.
Electricity
Last month your school used 60,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 78,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 550,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 2,100 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 8 years of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 550,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 200 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 2,100 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 12,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £9,100 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,800 books for the school library.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 2,600 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 15,000 km.
Gas
Last week your school used 14,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 6,800 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 300,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 61 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last year your school used 300,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 26 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £1,800.
That's enough to pay for 710 school dinners.
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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
Well done, you are making progress towards achieving your target to reduce your electricity usage!
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your gas usage
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 5,300 kWh of gas and 9,000 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 £1,500 this year.
Whoa - last week the amount of electricity you use overnight increased. If this keeps happening it will cost you £7,600 more over the next year. Time to investigate, Energy Team!
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 265 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 9th place on the South-East England scoreboard and 91st place nationally.
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Dartford Science and Technology College
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2026 | 10 | Carry out wider environmental activities around school |
| 12 Jan 2026 | 30 | Students and staff create a holiday switch off checklist |
| 07 Jan 2026 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 29 Dec 2025 | 30 | Installed electric vehicle charging points |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 10 | Switched off lights and IT equipment after school |
| 03 Dec 2025 | 20 | Changed central heating operating times |
| 03 Dec 2025 | 30 | Create and maintain a holiday switch off list |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 10 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 01 Sep 2025 | 30 | Find out about oil and its impact on the environment |