Analyse your school energy use - what's happening in the school kitchen?
Martin High School, Tuesday, 23 January 2024
10
Analyst
KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
What you did
Reviewed energy saving measures in the kitchen such as making sure all the ovens are off if they are not in use
Activity description
School kitchens can consume a lot of electricity. To produce hundreds of dinners to be served in a very short period of time, schools need industrial scale equipment.
Let's look at the data from schools with kitchens and schools with out. Compare the graphs of Schools and A and B with those of Schools C, D and E. The schools in one group have a kitchen onsite, the others do not. Can you tell which is which? Why
Group 1
Let's look at the data from schools with kitchens and schools with out. Compare the graphs of Schools and A and B with those of Schools C, D and E. The schools in one group have a kitchen onsite, the others do not. Can you tell which is which? Why
Group 1
Group 2
This is your schools data:
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Create a questionnaire to ask your kitchen staff about their energy use. You may want to ask questions like:
- When you do arrive and leave?
- What equipment do you switch on when you arrive?
- What time are the ovens/ dishwashers/sterilisers/ ventilation hoods/ kettles turned on and off?
- When do fridges and freezers get turned off?
Do their answers match what the data is showing you?
Answers
The schools in Group A have kitchens. Their energy consumption is typically high until lunchtime then tails off.