Parkside Community School

Boythorpe Avenue, Boythorpe, Chesterfield S40 2NS
Secondary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity Last week 5,840 840 £876 n/a +73%
Last year 247,000 33,500 £37,100 £8,270 -13%
Gas Last week 3,030 553 £90.90 n/a +37%
Last year 83,800 15,300 £2,510 none n/a
Electricity data: 21 Nov 2022 - 2 Mar 2025. Gas data: 16 Feb 2024 - 7 Mar 2025. How did we calculate these figures?

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There may be a slight delay with your gas data but we have contacted your supplier to improve this.

You have completed 1/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
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Well done, you are making progress towards achieving your target to reduce your electricity usage!

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Gas use in the Spring half term 2025 holidays has increased by 5,500% compared to Spring half term 2024. 

Between Saturday 15 Feb 2025 and Sunday 23 Feb 2025 you used 2,500 kWh of gas at a cost of £76. Adjusting for changes in outside temperature, this is still an increase of 2,500 kWh and 460 kg CO2. Ask the school site manager to check the heating controls to reduce gas use during the school holidays.

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Bad News!  Your school's electricity use in the Spring half term 2025 holidays has increased by 6.5% compared to Spring half term 2024. Between Saturday 15 Feb 2025 and Sunday 23 Feb 2025 you used 4,300 kWh at a cost of £640. This is an increase of 260 kWh compared to the same period in the holidays last year and released an extra 0.28 kg CO2.

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You are in 8th place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 15th place nationally.

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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
28th Thorplands Primary School & Nursery 5 Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes
17th Shenton Primary School 10 Analyse your school energy use - review heating timings
9th Falconer's Hill Academy 5 Fight food waste at home
1st St John's C of E Academy, Worksop 10 Switched off lights and IT equipment after school

What's been going on?

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

Date Points Activity
20 Dec 2024 20 Holiday turn off
13 Dec 2024 30 Create and maintain a holiday switch off list
13 Dec 2024 15 Defrosted freezers
03 Dec 2024 10 Cleaned windows to reduce need for lighting
18 Nov 2024 30 Started a campaign to keep the doors and windows closed when the heating is on
18 Nov 2024 10 Switched off lights and IT equipment after school
18 Nov 2024 30 Started a whole school switch-off campaign
15 Nov 2024 20 Conduct a lighting audit of your school
15 Nov 2024 30 Pupils talk to the school business or estate manager about improving the efficiency of school lighting
15 Nov 2024 10 Switched off fume cupboards after school