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Ryburn Valley High School
St Peter's Avenue, Sowerby, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX6 1DF
Secondary
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 66,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £11,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 2,200 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 470,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 70 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 210,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 603 years.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £2,600.
That's enough to buy 1,000 school dinners.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 750 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 5 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 7 years of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 620,000 smartphones.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 5,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 2,400 showers.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 1,700 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 10,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 84,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 470,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 1,800 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 470,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 170 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 470,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1334 years.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 210,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 270,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school used 52,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 67,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school used 52,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 2 weeks.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 5,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 34,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 470,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 months
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £5,400.
That's enough to pay for 2,100 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 750,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 65 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last year your school used 750,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 160 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last week your school used 36,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 17,000 showers.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 6,600 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 39,000 km.
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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 5/8 of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
Complete the final 3 tasks now to score 60 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 27,000 kWh of gas and 7,000 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 £2,000 this year.
Oh No! Term time gas use has increased costing an extra £140 each week. Check whether heating thermostats are set to 18°C to save energy.
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 90 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 44th place on the Yorkshire and the Humber scoreboard and 117th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2025 | 30 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 18 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse a school's solar data |
| 18 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 20 Jun 2025 | - | Started a transport survey |
| 19 Jun 2025 | 10 | See heat with a thermal imaging camera |
| 05 Jun 2025 | 5 | Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes |
| 01 May 2025 | 5 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 01 May 2025 | 5 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on after school |
| 24 Mar 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 24 Mar 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |