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Sidegate Primary School
Sidegate Lane, Ipswich IP4 4JD
Primary
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 315 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 weeks
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 14,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 18,000 kettles.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 37,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 48,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £1,400 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 280 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 41 average homes in a year.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 1,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 500 showers.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 400 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,300 km.
Electricity
Last month your school used 10,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 13,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school used 10,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 130,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 420 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £370.
That's enough to buy 150 school dinners.
Electricity
Last year your school used 110,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 17 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 240 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 7 weeks of computer games.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 1,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 7,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 1 year 6 months of computer games.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 37,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 107 years.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £1,400.
That's enough to pay for 580 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 230,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 20 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 1,500 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 8,600 km.
Gas
Last week your school used 8,000 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 3,800 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 230,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 47 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
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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 3/8 of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
Complete the final 5 tasks now to score 100 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Oh No! Term time gas use has increased costing an extra £110 each week. Check whether heating thermostats are set to 18°C to save energy.
Over the last year 56% of your electricity was used when the school was closed. What are those teachers getting up to out of hours?? This has cost the school £8,700. Time to take action!
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 110 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 24th place on the East of England scoreboard and 84th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29th | Beaumont School | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 10th | Nelson Academy | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 5th | Southery Academy | 20 | Big Weekend Switch Off - Energy Sparks X Lets Go Zero |
| 23rd | Norwich Road Academy | 20 | Changed heating frost protection settings |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2025 | 10 | Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 20 | Changed heating frost protection settings |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 20 | Switched off heating in school holidays |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 10 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 01 Sep 2025 | 20 | Activated standby mode on computers |
| 28 Feb 2025 | 10 | Create a classroom switch off list |
| 28 Feb 2025 | 5 | Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes |
| 29 Jan 2025 | 30 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 29 Jan 2025 | 10 | Analyse a school's solar data |