Energy Audit

Meters tell you how much electricity or gas you have used. Where are these meters

in your school?

Does someone read these meters regularly? If yes, who is it?

If you don’t already, would it be possible for students to be involved in taking and

displaying the readings?

Are all students/teachers taught to turn off computer monitors and computers

when they are not in use?

Does each class have a person responsible to turn off computers and other electrical

equipment?

Do you often see computers and interactive whiteboards left on when people are not

using them? You could monitor this over the next week.

Some All None

Sometimes Always Never

Do any areas of the school not have energy savings lights – ie florescent tubes or energy

saving bulbs? (ask to check staff areas too)

What energy rating are the bulbs that you have in school? Look on the packets.

How many rooms have sensors to switch lights off? How long until they turn off?

How many classes have a monitor for turning off lights?

Do the lights have labels to remind people to turn them off? Tick the right box

Do you often see lights left on when people are not in the room? You could monitor this

over the next week.

do don’t

Some All None

Do you have any renewable energy sources in your school?

Has your school had a professional energy audit?

What rating were you given?

Wind Turbine Solar Panels Ground Source Heat Pump Other

Yes No

Are the outside doors self-closing? (look for one of these at the top of the door)

Do you often see them wedged open?

If yes, why?

Are the internal doors self-closing?

Are these often left open?

What type of windows do you have in school? (include triple glazing as double)

Some All None

Some All None

Sometimes Always Never

Sometimes Always Never

Some double glazed All double glazed None double glazed

What type of heaters do you have?

What powers your heating?

Are the heaters kept clear at all times when they are on?

Does each classroom have a thermostat? Can you alter the heating in your room?

Is the heating turned down when it is too hot before opening the windows?

Do you put your jumpers on when it is too cold or put the heating up high?

No Yes

No Yes

Gas Electricity Oil Wood Wind Solar

Some All None

Some All None

Fan assisted radiators Radiators Under floor

Do you have a rainwater recovery system for flushing the toilets?

Do your toilets have any features to help reduce the amount of water used?

Your water meter can tell you how much water the school has used. Where is the meter

in your school grounds?

Does someone read this meter regularly? If yes, who is it?

If you don’t already, would it be possible for students to be involved in taking and

displaying the readings?

Water Audit

No Yes

Other water saving device Frog Hippo Short flush

What type of taps do you have?

Do you often see the taps left running?

How long does it take to fix a leaking tap?

No Yes

Push down Automatic Spray Free flow

Does the school have a dishwasher or washing machine?

What is the energy rating and water consumption of these machines?

Does the school have a water butt?

Are pupils taught about reducing water usage?

Do you have any other water saving initiatives in school?

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

Does the school have a network of ‘safe routes’ to walk or cycle?

Does the school have any of the following schemes:

Do you have a pedestrian and cycle entrance separate to the one for cars?

Give details of any ‘walk to school’ or ‘cycle to school’ events the school has run?

Do any of the school transport vehicles (buses, taxis) run on alternative fuels such as electricity, gas or

vegetable-derived oils?

Travel Audit

Has your school have a School Travel Plan?

Are all staff and students aware of the travel plan?

No Yes Working towards it

No Yes

Have the school monitored how you get to school?

If yes, how many students use the following transport to or from school –

Has this data been mapped?

No Yes

Cycle Walk Share car Bus Single passenger in car

No Yes

Does the school have a dry and secure bike shelter?

Is it big enough for all cyclists to use?

Does the school offer cycle instruction?

Does this include on-road training and meet national standard?

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

Cycle Train Walking Bus Other Park and Stride

No Yes

Does your school recycle any of these? If yes, through which company?

Paper

Plastic bottles

Cardboard

Cans

Ink Cartridges

Textiles

Mobile Phones

Compostable food

Blue paper towels

Others

Waste Audit

Has your school carried out a waste audit with students involved?

Name any waste activities you have done in school?

Are hand towels and toilet paper made from recycled paper?

Is the paper you use in class and your exercise books made from recycled paper?

Does the school buy any other recycled products?

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

No Yes Company?

In the classrooms, do you have a scrap paper tray/box?

Do you have a paper recycling bin in your classroom?

If yes, how well does each class use it?

Do you use waste containers for glue and paint pots?

Do all students have drinks bottles they refill each day?

If drinks cups are used instead of their own bottles how are these disposed of? Are they reused?

Do you use other waste products for art and craft?

Does the school visit a local scrap store for art materials?

Does your school claim recycling credits from Lincolnshire County Council?

If no, do they know about them?

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Just paper put in Contaminated with other waste

What type of school boundaries do you have?

Do you have many lessons outside except PE?

If yes, please give details.

Have you looked into the history of the school grounds?

Do you have anything else in your grounds that you want to mention?

Do you have break time games that are brought out?

Do you have playground markings?

Are they used very often at break time or during lesson time?

Do you have any paintings on the walls outside or any other features that brighten up your school grounds?

School Grounds Audit

Tick the areas you have in your school grounds:

Put a star next to the ones you are allowed to visit without a teacher.

Tarmac Playground Grass playing field

Trim trail/Jungle Gym Pond

Woodland Area Long Grass

Growing Area Quiet area with seating

Outdoor classroom Other

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

Fences Hedges Both

No Yes

No Yes

Do you have many lessons about what is living in your school grounds?

Do many of you explore what is living in your school grounds during break or lunch time?

Does the school have links with any environmental organisations?

If yes, please give details

Do the school grounds staff use chemical pesticides and herbicides?

Is the school aware of the Lincolnshire Environmental Awards or has it entered any other

competition for encouraging wildlife?

Biodiversity Audit

Does the school have any plants in containers, pots or beds in the school grounds?

Does the school have a wildlife, or conservation area?

If yes, is the area protected by: fences or school rules, or both?

No Yes

Pots Containers Beds Allotment

School rules Fences Both

Do you have any of these in the school grounds? (tick the ones you have)

Do students look after these things features?

Do you record the species you have in your grounds?

No Yes

Bird feeders Bird boxes

Butterfly friendly plants Woodland Area

Log piles Pond

Squirrel Feeders

Bat boxes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

Are you allowed sweets in school?

If you have a tuck shop what does it sell?

Does your school offer hot school meals?

What healthy snacks does the school provide?

Is there a system for monitoring whether children eat a balanced lunchtime diet over the week?

Does the school include education on a balanced diet and healthy living in lessons?

Does the school have free drinking water available at all times?

Are pupils allowed fizzy drinks in school?

How often do you do PE?

Can classroom and other windows be opened to improve ventilation?

Are the cleaning products used environmentally friendly?

Which of these are commonly used by teachers?

Are there green plants in the classrooms?

Healthy Living Audit

Has your school got the Healthy School Award?

No Yes Working towards it

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

Interactive Whiteboard

Water based marker pens Chalk Solvent based marker pens

All of these

Are there litter bins in the school corridors?

How many of these are:

Do you think there are enough litter bins in the school’s grounds?

How many of these are:

Are there any areas in the school grounds that are littered where there are no bins?

If yes, which areas?

Are litter bins generally:

Litter Audit

Do you have much litter dropped in the playground?

Do you have much litter dropped in the corridors or classrooms?

Does your school have a clear anti-litter policy?

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Overflowing About half full Less than quarter full

Overflowing About half full Less than quarter full

Yes No

Large enough Correct design (windproof) Clean

Clean

How involved have the students been in making the decisions about how they can be more environmentally

friendly?

Are special environment-related lessons or visits undertaken by classes or groups e.g. paper making, visits to

environmental venues etc?

If yes, please give some examples.

Are pupils involved with local environmental projects outside school time?

If yes, please give some examples.

Have environmental issues featured in school assemblies?

If yes, give some examples.

Yes No

Pupil Participation Audit

Yes No

Yes No

Do students consider how actions taken within the school affect people and the

environment locally and globally?

If yes, can you give examples at a local and global level?

Local Action

Global issues

Yes No

Global Perspective Audit

Do you have any links with schools in other parts of the world?

Have students had the opportunity to ask these schools how they look after their environment?

Are global environmental issues looked at in your curriculum?

Has the school made use of materials from other organisations to help with this topic?

If yes, which organisations?

Are you a registered fairtrade school?

Have the students considered other issues like:

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Fairtrade Human rights and ethics

Other:

Conflict resolution

Yes No