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Pakefield Primary School
London Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7AQ
Primary
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,900 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 13,000 kettles.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 270 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 1,800 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 97,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 36 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £1,100 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 230 books for the school library.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 270 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 130 showers.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,900 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 13 months of computer games.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 20,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 58 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 97,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 370 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 8,200 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 11,000 km.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 59 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 12 days of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 97,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 4 weeks
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £270.
That's enough to buy 110 school dinners.
Electricity
Last month your school used 8,200 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 days.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 20,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 26,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,900 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 10,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 300 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,700 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 97,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 277 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,900 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 97,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 97,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 14 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Gas
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 18 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school used 8,600 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 4,100 showers.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £2,000.
That's enough to pay for 800 school dinners.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 1,600 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 9,200 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 42 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
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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 2/8 of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
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
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your gas usage
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 9,100 kWh of gas and 1,100 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 £640 this year.
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 5.2 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 2.9 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £2,700?
Scoreboard update
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Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 36th place on the East of England scoreboard and 121st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15th | Neale-Wade Academy | 30 | Added insulation to hot water tanks and pipes |
| 12th | Queensway Infant and Junior Academies | 20 | Changed heating frost protection settings |
| 24th | Wells Hall Primary School | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 2nd | Nelson Academy | 20 | Activated standby mode on computers |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2026 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 07 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 30 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |