Vandyke Upper School

Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3DY
Secondary
Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to charge 1,700,000 smartphones.

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Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to play 7 years of computer games.

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Last week your school's electricity use cost £1,900. 

That's enough to buy 740 school dinners.

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Last week your school's electricity use generated 2,300 kg of carbon dioxide. 

That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 13,000 km.

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Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to boil 83,000 kettles.

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Last week your school used 12,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to drive an electric car 66,000 km.

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Reminders

Measure classroom temperatures to find out whether you should turn down the heating to save energy

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Start a transport survey so that you can find out how much carbon your school community generates by travelling to school

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Recent alerts

Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 34 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is  29 kW.  Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £5,700?

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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
- Gusford Primary School 10 Analyse a school's solar data
- Gusford Primary School 10 Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?
- Gusford Primary School 35 Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop
- Felixstowe School 20 Investigate heat loss in your school with a thermal imaging camera

What's been going on?

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

Date Points Activity
01 Oct 2024 0 Started working towards their energy saving target