School

Tuesday 16 March 2010

School Meters

The meters on this page show the amount of electricity the Five Islands School on the Isles of Scilly is using in real-time. At this geographic scale, the weather, whether or not it is term-time and the days of the week tends to have the biggest effects on demand.

Animal Earth Summit

The primary school children on the Isles of Scilly will be staging a puppet-based "Animal Earth Summit" during the Isles of Scilly Earth Summit. The children will be encouraged to express why they think it is worth protecting the environment, via their animal puppets.

The Green Team

Why not set up a student-run Green Team in you school? Click here for some advice from The Green Team at the Five Islands School.

Real-time demand

This meter compares the amount of electricity being used by the staff and students at the Five Islands School right now (green needle) and at same time yesterday (red needle).

In the winter, the school uses about 30 kilowatts of electricity at any one moment in time which is the same as leaving about 30 kettles switched on.

In summer, when fewer lights are needed this figure drops to about 20 kilowatts.

Cumulative Demand

This meter compares the total amount of electricity that everyone in the main building at Five Islands School has used since midnight this morning, with the equivalent period yesterday.

Demand Curves

This graph compares the amount of electricity being used by the Five Islands School on the Isles of Scilly right now (green line) and at same time yesterday (red line).

In the winter, this school has a baseline demand of about 10 kilowatts and peak of demand of about 40 kilowatts, when all of the schools lights and computers are turned on.

School Pulse

School-o-meter

With this widget you can see how the electricity use of the Five Islands's School speeds up over the school week and slows down out of school hours.

Electricity CO2 Emissions

This meter shows you an estimate of the number of grammes of carbon dioxide (CO2) the Five Islands School has emitted since midnight this morning.

Electricity Bill

This meter shows you an estimate of the Electricity Bill for the Five Islands School since midnight this morning.