Parkside Community College

Parkside Cambridge CB1 1EH
Secondary
Last year your school used 660,000 kWh of gas. 

That's the gas used by 58 UK homes in a year.

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Last week your school used 30,000 kWh of gas. 

That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 14,000 showers. 

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Last year your school used 660,000 kWh of gas. 

It will take 140 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.

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Last week your school's gas use generated 5,500 kg of carbon dioxide. 

That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 32,000 km.

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Measure classroom temperatures to find out whether you should turn down the heating to save energy

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Start a transport survey so that you can find out how much carbon your school community generates by travelling to school

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Recent alerts

Holidays are almost here!  But wait - last year you used 31,000 kWh of gas and 4,100 kWh of electricity in the Spring half term 2024 holidays. Quick - ask your Site Manager to turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £3,200 this year.

Your electricity data is out of date. Energy Sparks is working with your energy contract manager and energy supplier to fix this problem.

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Parkside Community College
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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 Sunnyside Spencer Academy - Run an assembly about food waste at your school
2nd Sunnyside Spencer Academy - Review and reflect/ Follow up check
2nd Sunnyside Spencer Academy - Do a creative activity themed around energy saving
24th Barley Croft Primary School 10 Started working towards their energy saving target

What's been going on?

A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school

Date Points Activity
09 Oct 2023 - Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off