Whitchurch Primary School
Primary 22 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 0PTLast year your school used 87,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 21 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Last month your school's gas use cost £86.
That's enough to pay for 34 school dinners.
Last week your school's gas use generated 6.5 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 40 km.
Last year your school used 87,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 6.2 UK homes in a year.
Last week your school used 31 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 15 showers.
Last week your school used 1,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 9,300 kettles.
Last week your school's electricity use generated 340 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,100 km.
Last week your school used 1,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 8,300 km.
Last month your school has used £830 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 170 books for the school library.
Last week your school used 1,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 190,000 smartphones.
Last week your school used 1,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 9 months of computer games.
Last month your school used 5,500 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 8,100 km.
Last month your school used 5,500 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 2 days.
Last week your school's electricity use cost £210.
That's enough to buy 83 school dinners.
Let's look at the energy use data for your school:
Things to do
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 3.3 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 1.5 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £2,300?
Over the last year 63% of your school's gas was used when the school was closed. This has cost £1,700. Talk to the site manager about checking when the heating turns on in the morning.
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
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Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school
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