The Ruth Gorse Academy

Black Bull Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 1HW
Secondary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 12,200 2,290 £6,120 n/a -1.6%
Last year 570,000 72,200 £276,000 £71,400 -9.3%
Gas Last week 17,900 3,270 £537 n/a +9.0%
Last year 499,000 91,200 £22,300 none -11%
Electricity data: 1 Sep 2018 - 20 Feb 2025. Gas data: 13 Feb 2022 - 20 Feb 2025. How did we calculate these figures?

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Watch out - the heating or hot water is running during the current school holidays! Up to Thursday 20 Feb 2025 the school used 14,000 kWh of gas during this holiday, which has cost £430 and generated 2,600 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 21,000 kWh, costing £640 and generating 3,900 kg CO2.

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Last year you used 21,000 kWh of gas and 9,700 kWh of electricity in the Spring half term 2024 holidays. Turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £5,900 this year. 

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You are in 5th place on the Yorkshire and the Humber scoreboard and 19th place nationally.

6th

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5th

535

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Meltham Moor Primary School
The Ruth Gorse Academy
Malet Lambert

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
4th Malet Lambert - Switched off hot water at weekends
4th Malet Lambert 30 Switched off hot water in school holidays
1st The Snaith School 30 Switched off heating in school holidays
4th Malet Lambert 20 Holiday turn off

What's been going on?

A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school

Date Points Activity
29 Nov 2024 5 Review and reflect/ Follow up check
29 Nov 2024 10 Introduced an energy efficiency reward system
29 Nov 2024 30 Completed a programme
29 Nov 2024 10 Switched off lights and IT equipment after school
29 Nov 2024 10 Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays
29 Nov 2024 20 Winter switch off
29 Nov 2024 10 Save energy in the kitchen in Food Technology
14 Nov 2024 30 Started a campaign to keep the doors and windows closed when the heating is on
14 Nov 2024 5 Conduct a transport survey
14 Nov 2024 30 Introduced a policy on reducing energy and resource use for printing and photocopying.