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Percy Shurmer Academy
Longmore Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9ED
Primary
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 45 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 220 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,300 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 26,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 75 years.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £630.
That's enough to buy 250 school dinners.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 347 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 12,000 km.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 870 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 6 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 weeks
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 15 months of computer games.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 26,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 34,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 17 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 110,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,200 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 15,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 460 solar panels in a year.
Gas
Last year your school used 260,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 54 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 390 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,300 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 260,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 23 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school used 2,200 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,000 showers.
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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 2/8 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
Bad News! Your school's electricity use in the Summer half term 2026 holidays has increased by 7.3% compared to Summer half term 2025
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 8.7 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 4.1 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £12,000?
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 24th place on the West Midlands scoreboard and 161st 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2025 | 10 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 25 Nov 2025 | 30 | Understand your school's baseload |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 10 | Understand your school's baseload |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 30 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 20 | Investigate heat loss in your school with a thermal imaging camera |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 10 | Analyse a school's solar data |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 10 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 01 Sep 2024 | 20 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |