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Gospel Oak School, Tipton
Bilston Road, Tipton, West Midlands DY4 0BZ
Secondary
Electricity
Last month your school used 46,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 14 days.
Electricity
Last month your school used 46,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 59,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £1,700.
That's enough to buy 670 school dinners.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 2,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 13,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £6,900 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,400 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 570,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 6 months
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 14,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 40 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 11,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 59,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 14,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 18,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 11,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 6 years of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 570,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 210 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school used 11,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 560,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 570,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 2,200 solar panels in a year.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 440 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 3 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 570,000 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 week your school's electricity use generated 1,300 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 7,700 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 11,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 75,000 kettles.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 2,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 940 showers.
Electricity
Last year your school used 570,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1641 years.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 1,700 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 9,800 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 930,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 190 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last year your school used 930,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 81 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school used 9,100 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 4,400 showers.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £1,700.
That's enough to pay for 690 school dinners.
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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
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Complete the final 6 tasks now to score 130 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage
Well done, you are making progress towards achieving 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 34 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 £12,000?
Over the last year 67% 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 £58,000. Time to take action!
Scoreboard update
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You are in 27th place on the West Midlands scoreboard and 155th 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 |