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Beyond Earth Hour Challenge 2008
Beyond
Earth Hour Challenge is a challenge involving 21 Sydney Region high
schools. The challenge for each school is to reduce their electricity
consumption over a period of a
month. The reduction in consumption will be calculated against the base
week (which is 1st September - 7th September). Energy Australia is
partnering with Observatory Hill to supply schools with electricity
consumption data through remote monitoring of the schools electricity
meter.
School teams in the project attended the Sydney Region Youth Environment Network conference to begin developing their School Energy Efficiency Plan, which includes devising a plan for a holiday shut down to minimise electricity wastage when the school is not fully operational. The strategies developed with school community support will foster a culture of sustainability through reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This campaign will allow a reduction in the expenditure on electricity and allow funding to be allocated for other purposes within the school. |
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The Challenge.
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Energy Australia - Webgraph. Remote monitoring of your school electricity account with online web link to view your school's: - kWh consumption - greenhouse gas emissions - energy analysis The current cost (as at December 2008) is $240 per year. Contact Sue Walton at Energy Australia on swalton1@energy.com.au or ph 87193191 See more information below on subscribing to Webgraph. |
The Participating Schools. Alexandria Park Community School Ashfield Boys High School Blakehurst High School Canterbury Boys High School Canterbury Girls High School Cleveland Street Intensive English High School Dulwich High School Engadine High School Fort Street High School The Jannali High School Lucas Heights Community School Marrickville High School Menai High School Moorefield Girls High School Newtown High School of Performing Arts Port Hacking High School Randwick Girls High School St George Girls High School Sydney Girls High School Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus The Prize. The
school with the greatest average percentage reduction in electricity against the base week will
be the
winner. The winning school will receive a $1000 voucher to fund or
support a
sustainibility project to be implemented in the school and a visit for
the team to the Energy Australia, Energy Efficiency Centre at Homebush.
The runner-up school will receive a $500 voucher to fund or support a
sustainibility project to be implemented in the school and a visit for the team to the Energy Australia, Energy Efficiency Centre at Homebush. More information on subscribing to Webgraph. To continue to examine your school's electricity consumption data on a daily basis, your school can apply to Energy Australia for a webgraph service by contacting Susan Walton on Ph: 87193191 or email her on swalton1@energy.com.au. The annual subscription fee is currently $240 per year. To view a sample version of this graph facility, log into www.webgraphs.com.au with the user name - sample and password - sample. Google does not recognise 'webgraphs' as a word, so it is best if you follow the link from here or type it directly into the address bar. CHALLENGE RESULTS. Across the Region over the 4 week period of the challenge involving 21 high schools, Sydney Region achieved an average reduction in greenhouse gas emmissions of 118,665 kgs of CO2, from a reduction in electricity consumption of 194,371 kWh. This resulted in savings on utilities of $10,278 across the region. Congratulations to Canterbury BHS who achieved the greatest average percentage reduction in their energy consumption over the 4 week challenge with 33.5%, which reduced their greenhouse gas emmissions by 5,768 kgs of CO2 and reduced expenditure on electricity by $487.30 |
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Canterbury BHS Team arriving at the conference
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 The team working on their energy efficiency plan |
| Ashfield BHS were runners up, with a 32% average reduction in their consumption over the 4 week challenge. |  Ashfield BHS Team arriving at the conference |
