Birchwood High School

Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BD
Secondary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 11,900 2,600 £1,780 n/a +0.4%
Last year 462,000 61,000 £137,000 none -3.5%
Electricity data: 24 Oct 2022 - 17 Dec 2024. How did we calculate these figures?

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Reminders

Your school has four gas meters and three electricity meters. We have access to the data for two electricity meters. Two gas meters and one electricity meter need to be upgraded and there are a couple of outstanding queries with the two other gas meters.

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Last week the school's electricity baseload was 15% more than the average over the last year. If this continues it will cost £5,400 more over the next year. 

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There is a large variation in seasonal overnight electricity usage from 37 kW in the winter to 24 kW in the summer. This suggests electric heating is left running overnight during the winter or the school has inefficient security or flood lights. Change electric heater settings and improve lighting efficiency to save £2,400 annually.

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You are in 20th place on the East of England scoreboard and 60th place nationally.

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20th

55

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Alderton Infant and Junior School
Birchwood High School
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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.

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
27 Nov 2024 20 Attended Energy Sparks training
31 Oct 2024 35 Installed point of use electric water heaters
20 Dec 2023 30 Run a switch off campaign
06 Dec 2023 20 Investigate heat loss in your school with a thermal imaging camera
11 Sep 2023 20 Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school
20 Apr 2023 10 Run a regular assembly about saving energy
20 Apr 2023 10 Run a regular assembly about saving energy
20 Apr 2023 10 Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?
20 Apr 2023 10 Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?
20 Apr 2023 10 Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?