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Gospel Oak School, Tipton
Bilston Road, Tipton, West Midlands DY4 0BZ
Secondary
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 15,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 19,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 7 years of computer games.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 42 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 91 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 460 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 220 showers.
Electricity
Last month your school used 53,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 2 weeks.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 83,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £7,900 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,600 books for the school library.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 460 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 3,100 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £1,800.
That's enough to buy 740 school dinners.
Electricity
Last month your school used 53,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 68,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1687 years.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 1,500 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 9,100 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 610,000 smartphones.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 100 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 3 weeks of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 6 months
Electricity
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 2,200 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 220 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 65,000 km.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 5,600 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 33,000 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 1,000,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 89 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £3,400.
That's enough to pay for 1,400 school dinners.
Gas
Last week your school used 31,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 15,000 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 1,000,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 210 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
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Reminders and alerts
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 1/7 of the tasks in the Give your heating a lie-in 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
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 35 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 25 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £14,000?
Over the last year your school's gas use was 1,000,000 kWh and generated 190,000 kg CO2. This is too high. Other schools of a similar size used 730,000 kWh. Match these schools and save £13,000!
Scoreboard update
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Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 17th place on the West Midlands scoreboard and 101st 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.
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Sep 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 26 Feb 2025 | 30 | Switched off hot water at weekends |
| 23 Feb 2025 | 30 | Changed central heating operating times |
| 10 Jan 2025 | 35 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 03 Dec 2024 | 35 | Upgraded security lights to LED |
| 01 Sep 2024 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 10 May 2024 | 5 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 23 Apr 2024 | 20 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |