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Sidegate Primary School

Sidegate Lane, Ipswich IP4 4JD
Primary

Electricity

Last week your school's electricity use cost £334. 

That's enough to buy 95.3 school dinners.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 108,000 kWh of electricity. 

It will take 15.2 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 108,000 kWh of electricity.

That's the electricity used by 43.1 average homes in a year.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to drive an electric car 12,800 km.

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Electricity

Last week your school's electricity use generated 264 kg of carbon dioxide. 

That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,640 km.

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Solar PV

Last year your school's solar panels generated 36,600 kWh electricity. 

That's enough energy to drive an electric car 49,600 km.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 108,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 weeks

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Solar PV

Last week your school's solar panels generated 588 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to play 7 months of computer games.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 108,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 356 years.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 108,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's the energy generated by 406 solar panels in a year.

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Solar PV

Last year your school's solar panels generated 36,600 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 121 years.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to play 2 years 5 months of computer games.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to boil 16,100 kettles.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 2,400 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to charge 114,000 smartphones.

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Gas

Last year your school used 182,000 kWh of gas. 

That's the gas used by 19.1 UK homes in a year.

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Gas

Last week your school's gas use generated 132 kg of carbon dioxide. 

That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 820 km.

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Gas

Last year your school used 182,000 kWh of gas. 

It will take 37.7 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.

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Gas

Last week your school used 722 kWh of gas. 

That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 347 showers. 

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There is a large variation in your school's seasonal overnight electricity usage from 6.26 kW in the winter to 4.33 kW in the summer. This suggests heating is left running overnight during the winter. This can either be electric heating, or other types of heating that requires electricity for pumps or fans. Talk to the site manager to change heating settings to save £447 annually. 
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Did you know in 1920, 1,250,000 people were employed mining coal in the UK, now less than 400 are employed?

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You are in 9th place on the East of England scoreboard and 32nd 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.

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Place School Points Activity
3rd Elm Road Primary School 20 Switched off heating at weekends
10th Admirals Academy 15 Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays
4th Nelson Academy 30 Wrote a policy on closing external doors and windows when the heating is on
6th Eastgate Academy 10 Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays

What's been going on?

A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school

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Date Points Activity
21 Sep 2026 10 Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time
21 Sep 2026 30 Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off
01 Sep 2026 30 Installed lights with occupancy sensors
26 May 2026 10 Checked fridge and freezer door seals
22 May 2026 10 Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays
02 Mar 2026 10 Other relevant training
26 Feb 2026 10 Checked windows are closed at the end of the day
23 Feb 2026 10 Other relevant training
16 Feb 2026 15 Defrosted freezers
13 Feb 2026 20 Switched off hot water in school holidays

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