Bedford Academy

Mile Road, Bedford MK429TR
Secondary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 22,000 4,590 £7,240 n/a -1.0%
Last year 892,000 106,000 £293,000 £173,000 +5.7%
Gas Last week 1,780 326 £258 n/a +24%
Last year 441,000 80,600 £63,900 none -36%
Electricity data: 1 Sep 2018 - 19 Dec 2024. Gas data: 19 Dec 2018 - 15 Dec 2024. How did we calculate these figures?

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Reminders and alerts

Reminders

You have completed 3/8 of the activities in the Get Energised! programme
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Recent alerts

Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage

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Well done, you are making progress towards achieving your target to reduce your gas usage!

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Last year you used 57,000 kWh of gas and 40,000 kWh of electricity in the Xmas 2023 holidays. Turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £21,000 this year. 

Last week the school's electricity baseload was 26% more than the average over the last year. If this continues it will cost £53,000 more over the next year. 

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You need to score more than 40 points to overtake the next school!

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You are in 21st place on the East of England scoreboard and 63rd place nationally.

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Great Wilbraham Primary
Bedford Academy
Horsford Primary – Holt Road

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
- Eastgate Academy 30 Create and maintain a holiday switch off list
- Eastgate Academy 10 Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays
- Eastgate Academy 10 Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays
- Eastgate Academy 30 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
25 Oct 2024 20 Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school
09 Sep 2024 10 Run a regular assembly about saving energy
06 Sep 2024 10 Pupils and staff set an energy reduction target
01 Apr 2024 0 Started working towards their energy saving target
01 Apr 2023 0 Started working towards their energy saving target