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Laureate Community Academy
Exning Road, Newmarket CB8 0AN
Primary
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,100 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 8 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,100 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 7,500 kettles.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 3,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,600 showers.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £240.
That's enough to buy 97 school dinners.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 940 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 6 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 54,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 7.9 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,100 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 5,900 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 54,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 200 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 96 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 560 km.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 3,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 22,000 kettles.
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 41 years.
Electricity
Last month your school used 4,700 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 6,100 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 54,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 155 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,100 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 56,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £1,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 210 books for the school library.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 14,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 19,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 54,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 2 weeks
Electricity
Last year your school used 54,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 20 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 4,700 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 1 days.
Gas
Last week your school used 160 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 79 showers.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £74.
That's enough to pay for 29 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 100,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 21 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 30 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 180 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 100,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 8.8 UK homes in a year.
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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
You have completed 2/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
Complete the final 8 tasks now to score 200 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!
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 290 kWh of gas and 3,400 kWh of electricity in the Summer 2025 holidays. Quick - ask your Site Manager to turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £750 this year.
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 3.5 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 1.9 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £2,900?
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 850 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 7th place on the East of England scoreboard and 47th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 07 Apr 2026 | 30 | Understand your school's baseload |
| 07 Apr 2026 | 30 | Completed a programme |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 20 | Changed heating frost protection settings |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 30 | Installed point of use electric water heaters |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 30 | Comprehensive review of boiler control settings |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 20 | Changed central heating operating times |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - review heating timings |
| 26 Mar 2026 | 30 | Monitor light levels in classrooms |
| 24 Mar 2026 | 30 | Started a campaign to keep the doors and windows closed when the heating is on |