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Harris Academy Purley
Kendra Hall Road, South Croydon CR2 6DT
Secondary
Electricity
Last week your school used 18,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 900,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £4,900.
That's enough to buy 1,900 school dinners.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £22,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 4,300 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 760,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 8 months
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 1,900 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 920 showers.
Electricity
Last week your school used 18,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 120,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 760,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 2,900 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 760,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 110 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last month your school used 80,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 4 weeks.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 72,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 206 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 760,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 2166 years.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 1,900 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 13,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 760,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 280 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 80,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 100,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 2,700 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 16,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 18,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 10 years of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 18,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 96,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 72,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 93,000 km.
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.
Gas
Last week your school used 27,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 13,000 showers.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £9,300.
That's enough to pay for 3,700 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 950,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 200 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 4,900 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 29,000 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 950,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 82 UK homes in a year.
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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 4/7 of the tasks in the Take a bite out of food waste programme
Complete the final 3 tasks now to score 70 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 27,000 kWh of gas and 18,000 kWh of electricity in the Spring half term 2025 holidays. Quick - ask your Site Manager to turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £6,500 this year.
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 63 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 28 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £85,000?
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27th
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12th | Brook Special School and Willow Primary School | 30 | Understand your school's baseload |
| 1st | Oasis Academy - Enfield | 15 | Be an energy detective |
| 1st | Oasis Academy - Enfield | 15 | Create a classroom switch off list |
| 2nd | Torriano Primary School | 50 | Created a climate action plan |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 2024 | 5 | Design posters to remind pupils to not waste food |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 10 | Run a silent debate on energy |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 10 | Do a creative activity themed around energy saving |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 50 | Run a campaign for the whole school community - Challenge 1 degree |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 10 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 10 | Analyse a school's solar data |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 5 | Run a Winter Heat Saver campaign |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 20 | Find out why food waste is bad for the planet |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 5 | Fight food waste at home |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 15 | Tell leaders what you want them to do about climate change |