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Watch out - the heating or hot water is running during the current school holidays! Up to Thursday 2 Jan 2025 the school used 2,900 kWh of gas during this holiday, which has cost £86 and generated 530 kg CO2. Make sure both your heating and hot water are switched off to prevent further waste.

If you choose to leave your heating and/or hot water running, by the end of the holidays you will have used 3,600 kWh, costing £110 and generating 660 kg CO2.

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Last year you used 2,500 kWh of gas and 13,000 kWh of electricity in the Xmas 2023 holidays. Turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £2,000 this year. 

Last weekend 600 kWh of gas was used costing £18. Switch off the heating at the weekend to save energy!

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Watch out! Up to Wednesday 1 Jan 2025 the school used 9,100 kWh of electricity during this holiday, which has cost £1,400 and generated 940 kg CO2. Make sure lights and electrical equipment are switched off to prevent further waste.

If you choose to leave electrical equipment running, by the end of the holidays you will have used 12,000 kWh, costing £1,800 and generating 1,200 kg CO2.

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Recent changes in your energy usage

Gas use in the Xmas 2024/2025 holidays has increased by 42% compared to Xmas 2023/2024. 

Between Saturday 21 Dec 2024 and Thursday 2 Jan 2025 you used 2,900 kWh of gas at a cost of £86. Adjusting for changes in outside temperature, this is still an increase of 850 kWh and 150 kg CO2. Ask the school site manager to check the heating controls to reduce gas use during the school holidays.

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Excellent! Electricity use in the Xmas 2024/2025 holidays has decreased by 7.3% compared to Xmas 2023/2024. Between Saturday 21 Dec 2024 and Wednesday 1 Jan 2025 you used 9,100 kWh at a cost of £1,400. This is a saving of 720 kWh compared to the same period in the holidays last year and saved 63 kg CO2.

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 Well done!  Term time electricity use has decreased by 11%, saving £170 each week.

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Comparison with other schools

Last year your school used 730 kWh of energy per pupil. This cost around £100 and generated 96 kg CO2 per pupil. What can you do to reduce your carbon footprint at school?

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Well done! Gas use over the last year of 34,000 kWh is low compared to similar schools. However, it still generated 6,200 kg CO2 and cost £1,000, what can you do to reduce it further?

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Long term trends and advice

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 £3,500 annually.

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Your school could save £51 each year if the heating set temperature was reduced by 1°C

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The school's thermostatic control at 0.72 is above average. An average value for schools is 0.62 and a perfect value is 1.0. The lower the value below 1.0, the worse the school's thermostatic control.

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