Energy saving opportunities

Prioritised opportunities

We carry out daily analysis for all schools to identify the areas where there are the biggest opportunities to reduce costs and carbon emissions.

This page summarises these potential savings across this entire group of schools. Click on a heading to view the savings for individual schools and explore the detailed analysis.

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Potential savings

Fuel

Schools

Energy (kWh)

Cost (£)

CO2 (kg)

Electricity baseload is the electricity needed to provide power to appliances that keep running at all times. It can be the fastest way of reducing a school's energy costs and reducing its carbon footprint.

These figures represent a comparison of school baseload over the last 12 months against the best performing schools.

This action has been identified as a priority for the following schools.

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	Potential savings
School	Energy (kWh)	Cost (£)	CO2 (kg)
Robert Smyth Academy	150,000	£22,000	20,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst	410,000	£62,000	54,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch	170,000	£25,000	22,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	310,000	£46,000	41,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Worcester	290,000	£44,000	38,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Haselor	11,000	£1,700	1,500	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath	22,000	£3,300	2,900	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley	37,000	£5,500	4,800	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale	40,000	£6,000	5,200	View analysis
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy	330,000	£50,000	43,000	View analysis

1,770,000

£265,500

232,400

Understanding how a school's energy use matches up with other schools of a similar size and how much energy could be saved each year is a good place to start.

These savings are based on comparing electricity usage over the last 12 months against the best performing schools.

This action has been identified as a priority for the following schools.

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	Potential savings
School	Energy (kWh)	Cost (£)	CO2 (kg)
Robert Smyth Academy	120,000	£18,000	16,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst	370,000	£55,000	49,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch	210,000	£31,000	27,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	170,000	£26,000	23,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Worcester	330,000	£50,000	43,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley	31,000	£4,700	4,100	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale	47,000	£7,000	6,100	View analysis
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy	390,000	£58,000	50,000	View analysis

1,668,000

£249,700

218,200

Out of hours electricity use is the amount of electricity used when the school is closed - overnight, at weekends and during the holidays. Reducing out of hours electricity use is one of the easiest, and cheapest ways of saving lots of energy.

These figures are based on a comparison of electricity usage outside of school hours against the best performing schools. Ensuring that school opening hours are up to date will improve the accuracy of the analysis.

This action has been identified as a priority for the following schools.

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	Potential savings
School	Energy (kWh)	Cost (£)	CO2 (kg)
Robert Smyth Academy	20,000	£3,000	2,700	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst	170,000	£25,000	22,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch	66,000	£9,900	8,700	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	100,000	£15,000	14,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Worcester	140,000	£20,000	18,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley	16,000	£2,300	2,100	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale	9,000	£1,300	1,200	View analysis
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy	140,000	£21,000	18,000	View analysis

661,000

£97,500

86,700

Understanding how a school's energy use matches up with other schools of a similar size and how much energy could be saved each year is a good place to start.

These savings are based on comparing gas usage over the last 12 months against the best performing schools.

This action has been identified as a priority for the following schools.

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	Potential savings
School	Energy (kWh)	Cost (£)	CO2 (kg)
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst	760,000	£23,000	140,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch	1,300,000	£39,000	240,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy St James	75,000	£2,200	14,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree	75,000	£2,300	14,000	View analysis

2,210,000

£66,500

408,000

Electricity use varies at different times of the day. Usage will be at a peak in the middle of the day, but should be low overnight.

These figures represent a comparison of usage at peak times against the best performing schools.

This action has been identified as a priority for the following schools.

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	Potential savings
School	Energy (kWh)	Cost (£)	CO2 (kg)
Robert Smyth Academy	56,000	£8,400	8,500	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst	74,000	£11,000	10,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch	72,000	£11,000	9,900	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	25,000	£3,700	3,900	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Worcester	92,000	£14,000	12,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Haselor	7,300	£1,100	1,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath	11,000	£1,600	1,500	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley	7,200	£1,100	1,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale	18,000	£2,700	2,200	View analysis
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy	33,000	£4,900	4,400	View analysis

395,500

£59,500

54,400

Out of hours gas use is the amount of gas used when the school is closed - overnight, at weekends and during the holidays. Reducing out of hours gas use is one of the easiest, and cheapest ways of saving lots of energy.

These figures are based on a comparison of gas usage outside of school hours against the best performing schools. Ensuring that school opening hours are up to date will improve the accuracy of the analysis.

This action has been identified as a priority for the following schools.

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	Potential savings
School	Energy (kWh)	Cost (£)	CO2 (kg)
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst	310,000	£9,200	56,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch	480,000	£14,000	87,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Worcester	39,000	£1,200	7,200	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale	18,000	£530	3,200	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy St James	27,000	£800	4,900	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree	23,000	£700	4,300	View analysis

897,000

£26,430

162,600

Even the best performing schools can reduce energy usage by turning down the heating.

Getting the heating control right for your schools can save money and carbon very quickly as well as improving the learning environment for students.

This action has been identified as a priority for the following schools.

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	Potential savings
School	Energy (kWh)	Cost (£)	CO2 (kg)
Robert Smyth Academy	31,000	£940	5,700	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst	69,000	£2,100	13,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch	83,000	£2,500	15,000	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley	25,000	£740	4,500	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale	5,200	£160	950	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy St James	7,200	£220	1,300	View analysis
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree	8,300	£250	1,500	View analysis
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy	55,000	£1,700	10,000	View analysis

283,700

£8,610

51,950