EcoSpark works with communities and with schools, providing them
with the knowledge and tools to monitor their environment and
take action for positive environmental change.
Electricity Audits
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If you want to conserve electricity at your school, the first thing you have to ask is: How is my school wasting electricity?
To answer accurately, you need to run an electricity audit, an accurate examination of electricity consumption at your school. You need to look at three areas:
- Behaviours
- Appliances
- Infrastructure
Of these, behaviours is the easiest area in which to effect change in your school, so we'll concentrate primarily on that. However, we'll also look at appliances and infrastructure, since you can make suggestions to your principal or school board about changes in those areas as well.
First, you need to collect general data about your school's electricity consumption. You can use this handout to help:
Second, you need to use energy meters to determine how much electricity each appliance uses. This handout will help:
Third, you need to examine the infrastructure in each room and how it impacts electricity usage (e.g., lights). Use this handout:
After you've collected lots of information from your audit, it's time to make a conservation plan!
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