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Varndean School
Balfour Road BN16NP
Secondary
Electricity
Last year your school used 520,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 190 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 1,200 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 7,100 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 520,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 2,000 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £2,000.
That's enough to buy 800 school dinners.
Electricity
Last month your school used 37,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 48,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 47,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 520,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1498 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 59,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 440,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 520,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 months
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 4 years 12 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 520,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 76 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £8,500 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,700 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last month your school used 37,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 11 days.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 640 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 3,700 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 770,000 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 3,500 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,700 showers.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £750.
That's enough to pay for 300 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 770,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 67 UK homes in a year.
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Reminders
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Recent alerts
Heads up! Your school's gas use in the Easter 2026 holidays has increased by 120% compared to Easter 2025. Can you ask the school site manager to check the heating controls to reduce gas use during the school holidays?
Over the last year 66% 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 £78,000. Time to take action!
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Dec 2024 | 5 | Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes |
| 02 Dec 2024 | 10 | Pupils and staff set an energy reduction target |
| 02 Dec 2024 | 20 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |
| 02 Sep 2024 | 30 | Upgraded windows to double or triple glazed |