Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?

We have noticed that our energy consumption is very high at lunch time. This is unusually as most children are playing outside, so internal energy use should be reduced. Tomorrow, we are going to conduct a spot check around school to find out where energy is being used unnecessarily. 

We have also noticed that energy use is high in the hours following the school's closure. We believe that this is due to the cleaners' activities, such as using the vacuum. We have decided that we need to promote a 'tidy school' ethos amongst our classmates. This is because if we all take greater responsibility to keep our school clean, especially the carpets, the cleaners will not need to use the vacuum for quite as long.

Today we have also reviewed our Energy Reduction Action Plan. We feel that the points on our action plan are strong, though the action plan is clearly not yet having the desired effect as our energy use continues to remain high. We believe that we need to remind our classmates about this action plan and draw their attention to it. It is clearly displayed in each classroom, though we need to make sure that people are being reminded of it. We also need to promote it in a more positive way. For example, we need to help our classmates realise that it can save us money, meaning that there will be more money to spend on the things that we enjoy in school.