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Recording energy saving actions will earn Energy Sparks points and allow you to see selected charts annotated with your actions. This will help you to identify whether your actions have saved energy.

Behaviour change

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Switched off lights on sunny days

Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays

Started a whole school switch-off campaign

Holiday turn off

Building fabric change

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Upgraded windows to double or triple glazed

Upgraded interior lights to LED

Added insulation to hot water tanks and pipes

Installed lights with occupancy sensors

Heating system configuration change

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Adjusted radiator thermostats

Changed central heating set temperature

Switched off heating at weekends

Replaced a gas boiler with an air source heat pump

Operational change

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Cleaned windows to reduce need for lighting

Displayed pre-heat times next to kitchen appliance

Put thermometers in each classroom

Provided portable heaters for staff working in the holidays

Policies

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Introduced a policy on switching off lights

Introduced a policy on reducing energy and resource use for printing and photocopying.

Introduced a policy on classroom temperature

Wrote a policy on closing external doors and windows when the heating is on

Training

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Attended Energy Sparks training

Other relevant training

Upgrades to appliances

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Upgraded kitchen appliances

Upgraded IT servers

Upgraded computers

Upgraded whiteboards