Cardinal Newman Catholic School

The Upper Drive BN3 6ND
Secondary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 17,800 2,870 £4,100 n/a +145%
Last year 619,000 47,000 £141,000 none n/a
Gas Last week 22,100 4,040 £886 n/a +97%
Last year 544,000 99,200 £21,700 none n/a
Electricity data: 2 Jun 2023 - 17 Jan 2025. Gas data: 24 Sep 2023 - 17 Jan 2025. How did we calculate these figures?

Learn more about your energy use and generation

View charts, get insights into reducing energy usage and compare performance against other schools

Explore energy data Energy saving opportunities

Reminders and alerts

Reminders

Gas data coming from meter 72647901 stopped at the end of August 2024, but had been zero since February 2024.

You have completed 1/8 of the activities in the Get Energised! programme
Complete the final 7 activities now to score 50 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme

View now

Recent alerts

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

Review progress

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

Review progress

Last week the school's electricity baseload was 25% more than the average over the last year. If this continues it will cost £21,000 more over the next year. 

Find out more

Bad News!  Your school's electricity use in the Xmas 2024/2025 holidays has increased by 5% compared to Xmas 2023/2024. Between Saturday 21 Dec 2024 and Sunday 5 Jan 2025 you used 16,000 kWh at a cost of £3,600. This is an increase of 770 kWh compared to the same period in the holidays last year and released an extra 810 kg CO2.

Find out more

Scoreboard update

You need to score more than 65 points to overtake the next school!

Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.

Choose activity

You are in 11th place on the South-East England scoreboard and 66th place nationally.

12th

30

points

11th

50

points

10th

65

points

Oasis Academy - Sholing
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Varndean School

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
1st Hove Park School - Valley Campus 5 Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time
15th The Hythe Community Primary School 10 Understand your school's baseload
- River Academy 0 Received an energy audit
10th Chilton Primary School 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
02 Dec 2024 5 Recorded indoor temperatures
25 Nov 2024 5 Recorded indoor temperatures
01 Nov 2024 10 Started working towards their energy saving target
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 5 Recorded indoor temperatures