The Thomas Hardye School

Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2ET
Secondary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 13,900 1,600 £3,150 n/a +0.6%
Last year Data available from Oct 2025
Gas Last week 28,600 5,230 £1,060 n/a -8.0%
Last year 718,000 131,000 £33,400 none -23%
Electricity data: 21 Oct 2024 - 9 Mar 2025. Gas data: 3 Feb 2023 - 8 Mar 2025. How did we calculate these figures?

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We have stopped receiving electricity data for the Leisure Centre from your supplier. We are waiting for your supplier to resolve this issue. The issue with your main electricity meter has now been resolved but we are only about to display electricity data from 21/10/24.

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Gas use in the Spring half term 2025 holidays has increased by 160% compared to Spring half term 2024. 

Between Saturday 15 Feb 2025 and Sunday 23 Feb 2025 you used 49,000 kWh of gas at a cost of £1,800. Adjusting for changes in outside temperature, this is still an increase of 30,000 kWh and 5,500 kg CO2. Ask the school site manager to check the heating controls to reduce gas use during the school holidays.

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Last week the school's electricity baseload was 8% more than the average over the last year. If this continues it will cost £6,000 more over the next year. 

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Schools score points by recording their activities to investigate their energy use, learning about energy, and taking energy saving actions around their school.

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2nd St Mary's Primary School, Purton 20 Winter switch off
6th Cathedral Primary School 20 Attended Energy Sparks training
17th Conifers Primary School 10 Pupils and staff set an energy reduction target
11th Leigh on Mendip School 10 Started working towards their energy saving target

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Date Points Activity
01 Nov 2023 0 Started working towards their energy saving target