Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Energy use in schools

Scott Humphreys of eco-Kinetics produced a very useful Energy Audit of St Vincent’s Primary School in Queensland in 2008. By my calculation this indicates that 26% of the electric at the school is used by ICT. This is comparable to the figure I estimated for the ANU Computer Science Department, which was 30%.

Total Electricity Consumption By Category
CategoryPercentage Electricity Consumption
AV Teaching1%
Computer Equipment7%
Computer Network16%
Entertainment0%
External Lighting4%
Food Prep7%
Lighting - Admin3%
Lighting - Classroom10%
Lighting - Other1%
Photocopiers2%
Miscellaneous2%
Refrigeration13%
Water Heating15%
Air Circulation0%
Airconditioning19%

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