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Parkside Community School
That's enough energy to boil 43,000 kettles.
That's enough energy to charge 320,000 smartphones.
That's the electricity used by 94 average homes in a year.
That's enough energy to play 3 years 7 months of computer games.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 34,000 km.
That's the energy generated by 950 solar panels in a year.
It will take 39 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 5,900 km.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 11 weeks
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 722 years.
That's enough to buy 380 school dinners.
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Reminders and alerts
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 3/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
Complete the final 7 tasks now to score 170 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
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You need to score more than 60 points to overtake the next school!
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You are in 27th place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Sunnyside Spencer Academy | 10 | Switched off lights on sunny days |
| 6th | Hallam Fields Primary School | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 4th | Springfield Primary School | 30 | Upgraded interior lights to LED |
| 16th | Derby Moor Spencer Academy | 15 | Other |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov 2025 | 30 | Upgraded security lights to LED |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 10 | Switched off lights on sunny days |
| 30 Apr 2025 | 10 | Learn about where our electricity and gas comes from and their impact on the environment |
| 20 Mar 2025 | 5 | Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off |
| 20 Dec 2024 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 13 Dec 2024 | 15 | Defrosted freezers |
| 13 Dec 2024 | 30 | Create and maintain a holiday switch off list |
| 03 Dec 2024 | 10 | Cleaned windows to reduce need for lighting |
| 18 Nov 2024 | 10 | Switched off lights and IT equipment after school |