Switch off fortnight 2010 22/11/10 to 03/12/10.

AtHawes Side Primary School

Blackpool

Coordinated by the Green Council

As a Council we had a think about what electrical appliances we could have used this morning before coming to school. This is the list we can up with.

Can anyone think of any other appliances they may have used this morning?Can you believe how many electrical appliances we use? All these things use energy, and we use them with out thinking where our energy comes from!We are all so dependant on electricity.

This got us thinking about our school and how we use energy in school.

We were amazed at the amount of things we use in school that need energy/ electricity. From this we decided to carry out an energy audit one break time in school, and these are the results.

LIGHTS ON LIGHTS OFF6A 286R 22 6S 22

6COR 8ICT 30

STAIRS 85COR 10

5S 225D 225K 22

HALL 72 TOILETS 8 OCEAN 4

MAIN COR 10 4SPARE 12

34CORRIDOR 40 4L 124J 123B 12 3L 12

34W 1234TOILETS 12

LIBRARY 28 2B 122C 121M 12 1G 121T 12

INFANT T 10Recep cor 16

STAFF 12 RG 12 RB 12 RS 12

INFANT HALL 28 OFFICES 20

SUNSHINE 12 ART A 12

2M 12

386 272 658

We counted the number of lights that were on and off in school. We counted 658 lights in school!!! As you can see by the totals at the bottom, over 386 lights were left on when they didn’t need to be. That’s over half of all our lights ! All that wasted energy!!

off Standby on

smatboard 1 1 21

printer 1 0 4

TV 2 1 0

Laptops 4

computers 10 5 65

speakers 3 0 22

DVD player 0 22 0

17 29 116

We then turned our attention to the electrical appliances in school. Again we were shocked at the number left on standby and left on! Every class had at least 4 items on or on standby. When equipment is on standby it still uses energy. We repeated the audit early one morning and found many of these appliances we also left on standby and even on , over night!!Just think of all that wasted energy!!

If you didn’t know, using energy costs school money.

Eg – Mr Livesey found 14 computers had been left on in school over Monday night. This would cost the school about £1.50.You might say so what!But if these computers are left on every day which they may well be this would cost the school over £450. Money that could be spent on other things for the school.

A standard light would cost £0.006 or 6/10 of a penny to run for an hour.

We found 386 lights that were left on when they didn’t need to be. If they were left on each for an hour that would work out to be £2.31. if this happened every school day then over the year £ 450 would have been wasted. Simply by leaving lights on!

It is for this reason we have decided to take part in Switch off fortnight.

By taking part our school could save a lot of money and the environment will also benefit. Not only that we could also save our parents money by doing the same things at home.

We need you to remember the following

Say goodbye to standby

Switch on to switching off

Switch off lights when you leave a room

Switch off anything on standby

Switch off any electrical appliances completely (and appropriately)

Close doors - reduces heat loss and saves energy.

This means….

What you will be doing in class • finding out how energy is produced in this country• take part in lessons on reducing energy consumption.• upload class work around energy to the POD – the website of the organisation who monitors switch off fortnight. The more we upload the better the chances of winning prizes for school and medals for our eco award.•Complete homework tasks on reducing energy consumption at home.•Make a pledge with parents about saving energy in the home

At the end of the first week, we will carry out another audit of the school. We will be looking for the most improved classes in school . Another audit will be carried out at the end of the two weeks.

Together we can make a difference!

remember

Say goodbye to standby

Switch on to switching off