🌿All Eco-Schools are required to carry out an energy audit as part of their Environmental 🌿Review and then can choose to set targets for reducing unnecessary energy use through their Action Plan.🌳
The energy required for heating, lighting and powering equipment in an ordinary school classroom releases about 4,000 kg of CO2 every year – enough to fill four hot-air balloons 10 metres in diameter. UK schools spend about £450m on energy each year, three times as much as they do on books, and about 3.5% of their budgets.
🎍Some schools will spend four times more per pupil than similar schools in the same region. The difference is often to do with how effectively schools manage their energy use. Surveys show that, through simple low-cost and no-cost measures, schools can reduce their fuel bills by up to 10% while also reducing their CO2 emissions.🦚
🥀Today, Anna carried out an inspection of all classrooms to assess if any unnecessary energy was being used within our school. 🌼Anna recorded all her findings on a table and she will present her results of the survey to the Eco-Schools committee. 🪻
Thank you Anna for all your support today! You are helping to make us manage our energy use more effectively.
