Welcome
Explore the latest energy data, review recent energy use alerts and see the latest activity on your scoreboard
Shortstown Primary
Beauvais Square, Bedford MK420GS
Primary
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,600 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 17,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,600 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 18 months of computer games.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 74 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 2 weeks of computer games.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 630 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 4,200 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 100,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 15 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last month your school used 11,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 days.
Electricity
Last month your school used 11,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 14,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 28,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 79 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 100,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 weeks
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 370 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,200 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £850.
That's enough to buy 340 school dinners.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,600 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 130,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 100,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 38 average homes in a year.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 630 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 300 showers.
Electricity
Last year your school used 100,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 390 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,600 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 14,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 28,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 35,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 100,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 295 years.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £3,700 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 730 books for the school library.
Gas
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 5,800 showers.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 2,200 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 13,000 km.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £8,200.
That's enough to pay for 3,300 school dinners.
Explore the energy data for your school
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
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 6 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 3.3 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £7,600?
Whoa - last week the amount of electricity you use overnight increased. If this keeps happening it will cost you £3,500 more over the next year. Time to investigate, Energy Team!
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 365 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 14th place on the East of England scoreboard and 72nd place nationally.
15th
14th
13th
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 03 Feb 2026 | 30 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 03 Feb 2026 | 30 | Investigate heat loss in your school with a thermal imaging camera |
| 03 Feb 2026 | 30 | Analyse a school's solar data |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 10 | Measure classroom temperatures |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 10 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on after school |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 30 | Run a campaign to switch off electrical equipment overnight |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 30 | Understand your school's baseload |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when pupils are at school |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - review heating timings |