ENERGY EDUCATION IN

SCHOOLSNeil Short

HECA Officer

1993-1995

Promotion of national campaigns:

•at public events •in schools

1996

Energy Action Plus

•Introduced “Cyril” the hot water cylinder mascot•Targeted neighbourhood in need of energy saving advice/measures/grants•Energy saving packs sent to 1500 households

Energy Action Plus

•Information pack contains info and competition aimed at school pupils•Cyril visits the school in the energy action neighbourhood to present prizes

1997-1998

Global Action plan’s “Action at Home” programme used to:

•Raise awareness of home energy conservation•Conduct energy surveys and distribute CFLs through schools

1999

Jacolly Puppet Theatre: “Astra and the Waste Monster”

•9 schools see the production commissioned by Dorset County Council•Bournemouth schools poster competition run•2 winning posters used in all schools

2000

Environment 2000 event held:

•Staged in Central Pleasure Gardens•Themes include energy conservation and renewables•Solar powered car and other items on display•Home energy surveys carried out

2004

Bob

&

WallyBournemouth’s new energy saving mascots!

EnergyWaterWasteTravelGrounds

2000+

• Nominate a Green Schools Co-ordinator• Set up a green team• Do an environmental audit• Pick a Green Schools Unit• Draw up an action plan• Put the plan into action• Monitor success & put together portfolio• Be accredited by the Green Schools Team

How to become a Green School

Green Schools are on the web at:http://www.swgfl.org.uk/greenschools/index.htm

Energy Certification for Schools

Let’s see how one of our Green Schools went about saving energy…

Other schemes include:

Kings Park Primary School

Green school

Green Team

Rhys Hughes Ezer Han Laura Miller Mrs. Dunn Lawrence Payne

CO ORDINATOR CO ORDINATOR CO ORDINATOR DEPUTY HEAD GOVERNOR

Next Steps

Energy and Water Units

• We are now working towards our Energy and Water Unit Awards

• We’ve had a meeting with Neil Short and Bob Olding to get extra information on ways to save energy and water.

• We sent out audits to Y5 and Y3 to find out what they think of things like the temperature of the water in the taps and the temperature of the classrooms.

• We went around with Mr Ellis (the school Site Manager) to do an energy walk around and this is what we found…

Not so good…

• Lots of classes have their radiators on during the day and when it gets too hot the teachers open a window which wastes energy.

• A lot of classes leave their lights on when no one is in the room and also leave taps running.

• We are going to change this…

Action Plan• We have written an action plan. This includes things

like…• Doing assemblies on energy conservation.• Writing a weekly energy quiz for the school

newsletter.• Asking school councillors to be energy monitors in

their classes.• Monitoring the amount of energy the school uses by

reading the gas and electricity metres regularly.

Also…

Making A Difference!

• To save extra energy we came up with some slogans:

If it’s bright, turn out the light!

• We’ve got signs on the lights that say:

If you’re on your way out, turn them out!

• and on taps it says:

Don’t let me drip, because I’m well worth it!