Foljambe Primary School
Primary Foljambe Drive, Rotherham S65 4HQLast year your school used 160,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 39 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Last month your school's gas use cost £2,900.
That's enough to pay for 1,200 school dinners.
Last week your school's gas use generated 1,100 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 6,700 km.
Last year your school used 160,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 12 UK homes in a year.
Last week your school used 5,200 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 2,500 showers.
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 11,000 kettles.
Last week your school's electricity use generated 410 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,500 km.
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 10,000 km.
Last month your school has used £2,400 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 480 books for the school library.
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 240,000 smartphones.
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 12 months of computer games.
Last month your school used 6,400 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 9,400 km.
Last month your school used 6,400 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 2 days.
Last week your school's electricity use cost £650.
That's enough to buy 260 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 3.5 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 1 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £6,900?
Over the last year your school's gas use was 160,000 kWh and generated 34,000 kg CO2. This is too high. Other schools of a similar size used 110,000 kWh. Match these schools and save £4,900!
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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Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school
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Complete an activity to score points on Energy Sparks. You only need to score 5 points to overtake the next school!