Schools waste a great deal of energy over the summer school holidays.
We know this to be true, because in 2005 we worked with the Victorian Department of Education and Training to produce a School Energy Shut Down Guide and then promoted its use to schools around Victoria, just before the summer holidays.
When we followed up in February 2006, over forty schools sent their bills to us for analysis. How much had been saved? And the results were surprising, even to us.
Over the 6 week summer holiday period we calculated that improved switch off practices resulted in schools saving an average of $429 each!
Based on this experience I estimate that on average most Australian schools have the opportunity to save around $300 and 1.3 tonnes of greenhouse gas simply be getting better at turning things off before the summer holidays.
This correlates to potential savings Australia wide of $2.8 million and 12,400 tonnes of greenhouse gas - equivalent to the annual emissions of 2,900 cars!
NOW To make it easy for your school to realize these savings we have developed the online School Summer Energy Shut Down Blitz. It's a simple, fast way to quickly come up with an action plan for your school. We then follow up you a couple of days before the end of term with a reminder, and a week before school is to start next year send you a customized start up guide. It also includes case studies and learnings from our work in 2005/06.
Sign up now - the school holidays are just around the corner - in 5 minutes you'll have a shut down blitz action plan customised for your school!
This program is available at no charge, and has been developed by CarbonetiX, a leading school energy efficiency company which has worked with over 150 schools to reduce their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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