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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.

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Electricity

Last week your school's electricity use cost £2,700. 

That's enough to buy 1,100 school dinners.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1649 years.

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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.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to boil 78,000 kettles.

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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.

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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

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Electricity

Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to drive an electric car 61,000 km.

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Electricity

Last month your school used 45,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 58,000 km.

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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.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity.

That's the electricity used by 210 average homes in a year.

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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. 

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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.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to charge 580,000 smartphones.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 580,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's the energy generated by 2,200 solar panels in a year.

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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.

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Electricity

Last month your school has used £10,000 of electricity. 

That's enough to buy 2,100 books for the school library.

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Solar PV

Last month your school's solar panels generated 6,300 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to boil 43,000 kettles.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to play 7 years of computer games.

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Gas

Last week your school used 5,600 kWh of gas. 

That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 2,700 showers. 

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Gas

Last month your school's gas use cost £1,100. 

That's enough to pay for 450 school dinners.

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Gas

Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of gas. 

That's the gas used by 51 UK homes in a year.

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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.

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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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Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage

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Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your gas usage

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Bad News!  Your school's electricity use in the Summer half term 2026 holidays has increased by 19% compared to Summer half term 2025

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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!

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You are in 17th place on the South-East England scoreboard and 138th place nationally.

18th

110

points

17th

140

points

16th

170

points

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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.

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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

All activities

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

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