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Hillside Primary School
Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk IP2 8NU
Primary
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 16 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last month your school used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 19,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £450.
That's enough to buy 180 school dinners.
Electricity
Last month your school used 15,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 22,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 17,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 6,900 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 20 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 weeks
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 160 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 1,100 kettles.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 25 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 5 days of computer games.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 160 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 78 showers.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 160,000 smartphones.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 6,900 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 8,900 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 311 years.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £2,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 410 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 410 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 460 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,700 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 1 year 10 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 40 average homes in a year.
Gas
Last year your school used 170,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 34 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £2,000.
That's enough to pay for 810 school dinners.
Gas
Last week your school used 9,400 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 4,500 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 170,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 14 UK homes in a year.
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 10,000 km.
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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 1/8 of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
Complete the final 7 tasks now to score 160 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 9,600 kWh of gas and 2,400 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 £850 this year.
Oh No! Term time gas use has increased costing an extra £93 each week. Check whether heating thermostats are set to 18°C to save energy.
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 60 points to overtake the next school!
Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 38th place on the East of England scoreboard and 125th 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.
| Place | School | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Nelson Academy | 30 | Be an Energy Hero |
| 3rd | Felixstowe School | 30 | Replaced school boiler |
| 26th | Upwell Academy | 30 | Installed point of use electric water heaters |
| 26th | Upwell Academy | 30 | Create and maintain a holiday switch off list |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2026 | 20 | Attended Energy Sparks training |
| 22 Sep 2025 | 30 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |
| 20 Mar 2024 | 10 | Switched off lights and IT equipment after school |
| 20 Mar 2024 | 10 | Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays |
| 20 Mar 2024 | 30 | Changed heating frost protection settings |
| 20 Mar 2024 | 30 | Switched off hot water at weekends |