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Dorothy Stringer School
Loder Road, Brighton BN1 6PZ
Secondary
Electricity
Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 84 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £2,700.
That's enough to buy 1,100 school dinners.
Electricity
Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1649 years.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 990 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 5,800 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 78,000 kettles.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 1,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 8 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 6 months
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 61,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school used 45,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 58,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 28,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 36,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 210 average homes in a year.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 6,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 3,000 showers.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 28,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 80 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 580,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 2,200 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 45,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 14 days.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £10,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 2,100 books for the school library.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 6,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 43,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 7 years of computer games.
Gas
Last week your school used 5,600 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 2,700 showers.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £1,100.
That's enough to pay for 450 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 51 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 1,000 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 6,100 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 120 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
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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 3/8 of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
Complete the final 5 tasks now to score 100 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your gas usage
Bad News! Your school's electricity use in the Summer half term 2026 holidays has increased by 19% compared to Summer half term 2025
Over the last year 64% of your electricity was used when the school was closed. What are those teachers getting up to out of hours?? This has cost the school £83,000. Time to take action!
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 170 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 17th place on the South-East England scoreboard and 138th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | Watling Academy | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 1st | Priory Rise School | 10 | Checked fridge and freezer door seals |
| 1st | Priory Rise School | 15 | Create a poster about sustainability |
| 1st | Priory Rise School | 10 | Introduce a new staff member to Energy Sparks |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2026 | 30 | Pupils and staff set an energy reduction target |
| 13 Jan 2026 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 10 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 30 Sep 2025 | 30 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |
| 30 Sep 2025 | 30 | Thermometers are put in each classroom to monitor room temperature |
| 01 Sep 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 28 Jan 2025 | 10 | Learn about where our electricity and gas comes from and their impact on the environment |
| 28 Jan 2025 | 10 | Understand how our carbon emissions cause the Greenhouse Effect and Climate change |
| 17 Dec 2024 | 5 | Recorded indoor temperatures |
| 10 Dec 2024 | - | Recorded indoor temperatures |