This section gives a more detailed analysis of how your school’s gas consumption has changed recently. It can be particularly useful if trying to investigate a change in gas consumption or monitoring the impact of action taken in the school.
The following sections provide more background and analysis on your gas baseload
Your school's half hourly gas use for two recent days
This chart shows the gas consumption throughout the day on two recent days.
The chart automatically uses the most recently available days. Use the options below the chart to compare alternative days.
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Gas data is available from Thu 12th Oct 2023 to Thu 2nd Jan 2025
In a school with a heating system that is working well (good boiler, good pipework for heat distribution, large enough radiators, and reasonable insulation), you might expect the heating to turn on at about 6am, and peak for the next 2 hours while the school is being heated up, and then gradually reduce during the day. In most schools the heat generated by electrical equipment and 30 pupils in a classroom would suggest classrooms need very little additional heating from the school's boiler, once the pupils arrive.
If the boiler has 'optimal start control' configured, you might notice the start time of the boiler changing automatically ‐ from perhaps 6:30am in milder weather to earlier e.g. 4:30pm in colder weather. In very cold weather you might notice the heating coming on 'at random' - this is most likely frost protection - the boiler turning the heating system on to stop the school's pipework freezing.
Last weekend 530 kWh of gas was used costing £16. Switch off the heating at the weekend to save energy!
Your school's half hourly gas consumption over the last 7 days
A comparison between your school's gas use throughout the day over the last 7 days.
The chart automatically uses the seven most recently available days. Use the explore buttons above the chart to compare alternative days. You can click on the legend to add or remove lines from the graph to make it clearer.
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You can use this type of chart to understand how the school's gas use varies throughout the week.
This chart shows your schools’ gas use between 20 Dec 2024 and 02 Jan 2025, including a comparison with degree days.
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Degree Days
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Degree days are the inverse of temperature. The higher the degree days the lower the temperature. See a more detailed explanation. If the heating boiler is working well at your school, degree days should track the gas usage quite closely.
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