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Watch out! Up to Sunday 22 Dec 2024 the school used 360 kWh of electricity during this holiday, which has cost £72 and generated 20 kg CO2. Make sure lights and electrical equipment are switched off to prevent further waste.

If you choose to leave electrical equipment running, by the end of the holidays you will have used 2,800 kWh, costing £570 and generating 160 kg CO2.

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Last year you used 11,000 kWh of gas and 2,600 kWh of electricity in the Xmas 2023 holidays. Turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £1,300 this year. 

Last weekend your school used little or no gas. Well done for minimising your weekend gas use!

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Recent changes in your energy usage

Last week the school's electricity baseload was 44% more than the average over the last year. If this continues it will cost £4,100 more over the next year. 

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Excellent! Electricity use in the Autumn half term 2024 holidays has decreased by 9.4% compared to Autumn half term 2023. Between Saturday 26 Oct 2024 and Sunday 3 Nov 2024 you used 1,000 kWh at a cost of £210. This is a saving of 110 kWh compared to the same period in the holidays last year and saved 22 kg CO2.

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Excellent! Between Saturday 26 Oct 2024 and Sunday 3 Nov 2024 you used 1,300 kWh of gas at a cost of £100. Adjusting for changes in outside temperature, this is a saving of 580 kWh and 110 kg CO2 compared to the same period in the holidays last year. This means your gas consumption has decreased more than expected taking account of weather changes. 

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Comparison with other schools

Last year peak electricity consumption was 28 kW. The best performing schools of a similar size have a peak consumption of 44 kW. Keep switching off to save even more electricity!

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Electricity usage over the last year was 82,000 kWh. This is good - Keep it up! Other schools with a similar number of pupils use 120,000 kWh. 

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Long term trends and advice

There is a large variation in seasonal overnight electricity usage from 8.6 kW in the winter to 4.4 kW in the summer. This suggests electric heating is left running overnight during the winter or the school has inefficient security or flood lights. Change electric heater settings and improve lighting efficiency to save £860 annually.

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Your school could save £850 each year if the heating set temperature was reduced by 1°C

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The school's thermostatic control at 0.71 is above average. An average value for schools is 0.62 and a perfect value is 1.0. The lower the value below 1.0, the worse the school's thermostatic control.

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Over the last year 40% of electricity was used when the school was closed, costing £6,700. This is good compared to many schools, but could you reduce out-of-hours electricity use even more?

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Over the last year 49% of gas was used when the school was closed. This is good compared to many schools, but has still cost £8,300. Can you try to reduce it further?

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