Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 6,990 607 £3,500 n/a -5.4%
Last year 566,000 72,200 £283,000 £71,400 -9.8%
Gas Last week 6,060 1,110 £182 n/a +13%
Last year 459,000 83,700 £13,800 none -19%
Electricity data: 1 Sep 2018 - 20 Apr 2025. Gas data: 13 Feb 2022 - 20 Apr 2025. How did we calculate these figures?

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Bad News!  Your school's electricity use in the Easter 2025 holidays has increased by 9.5% compared to Easter 2024. Between Saturday 5 Apr 2025 and Sunday 20 Apr 2025 you used 16,000 kWh at a cost of £7,900. This is an increase of 1,400 kWh compared to the same period in the holidays last year and released an extra 880 kg CO2.

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Last week the school's electricity baseload was 17% more than the average over the last year. If this continues it will cost £22,000 more over the next year. 

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You need to score more than 705 points to overtake the next school!

Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.

You are in 7th place on the Yorkshire and the Humber scoreboard and 27th place nationally.

8th

535

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7th

625

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6th

705

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