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Hilton Spencer Academy
Peacroft Lane, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire DE65 5GH
Primary
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 22,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 62 years.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 54 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 11 days of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 160,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 24 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last year your school used 160,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 590 solar panels in a year.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 470 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 3,200 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 570 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 3,300 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 22,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 28,000 km.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 470 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 230 showers.
Electricity
Last month your school used 18,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 23,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 2 years 3 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £5,200 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,000 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last month your school used 18,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 21,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 27,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £1,200.
That's enough to buy 460 school dinners.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 200,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 160,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 7 weeks
Electricity
Last year your school used 160,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 58 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 160,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 449 years.
Gas
Last week your school used 16,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 7,800 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 340,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 30 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £5,300.
That's enough to pay for 2,100 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 340,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 72 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 3,000 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 17,000 km.
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Reminders
Update your classroom temperatures to see if you are saving energy
Start a transport survey so that you can find out how much carbon your school community generates by travelling to school
You haven't yet completed any of the tasks in the Give your heating a lie-in programme
If you complete them, you will score 150 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 12,000 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 £1,500 this year.
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 9.2 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 5.6 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £9,300?
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 180 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 26th place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 103rd 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2025 | 0 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 0 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 10 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 10 | Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 20 | Switched off heating in school holidays |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 10 | Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays |