1. SCE GOES GREEN

2. Who are we?

3. Why? *** Research Question *** What is our plan? *** Collecting Data *** Results *** Conclusion The Content

4.  The earth is warming up!  All these greenhouse gasses!  Reduce the Carbon Footprint Why?

5. We need to prevent this !

6. Research Question How can we reduce the carbon footprint of ‘Stedelijk College Eindhoven’ to prevent global warming and contribute to a sustainable living?

7. What is our plan? We want the school to turn GREEN We start with calculating the carbon footprint of our school. Change starts with yourself

8. Collecting Data  School days in a year  Number of students attending the school  Electricity usage (MWh)  Gas usage (terms or Mcf)  Transportation statistics  How many motorized vehicles (car/scooter) take a part in transportation each day  Average number of trips per day  Average one-way trip length  % of students taking the bus, or number of students taking the bus  Average number of trips  Average bus one-way trip length  Various garbage disposal data

10. Results School days in a year 195 Number of students attending the school  1600 students and 160 co-workers

11. MonthElectricity consumption 2010 January53.465 kWh February47.413 kWh March59.471 kWh April51.390 kWh May40.881 kWh June51.790 kWh July39.729 kWh August24.481 kWh September56.395 kWh October51.362 kWh November60.436 kWh December55.303 kWh Total592.465 kWh Electricity consumption 2010

12. MonthElectricity consumption 2011 January52.130 kWh February57.858 kWh March54.564 kWh April54.790 kWh May47.318 kWh June45.366 kWh July31.558 kWh August32.283 kWh September56.931 kWh October51.455 kWh November60.118 kWh Total544.371 kWh Electricity consumption 2011

13. MonthGas consumption 2010 January19.905 m 3 February30.148 m 3 March21.846 m 3 April10.319 m 3 May8.011 m 3 June2.411 m 3 July1.820 m 3 August632 m 3 September4.853 m 3 October10.085 m 3 November30.490 m 3 December26.940 m 3 Total167.460 m 3 Gas consumption 2010

14. MonthGas consumption 2011 January23.543 m 3 February18.835 m 3 March16.810 m 3 April5.5750 m 3 May2.851 m 3 June2.148 m 3 July1.090 m 3 August1.180 m 3 September2.143 m 3 October6.849 m 3 November15.414 m 3 Total96.613 m 3 Gas consumption 2011

15. Transportation statistics How do you usually get to school? (# times per week ) Bike Car Scooter Walk Bus How do you usually get back home? (# times per week ) Bike Car Scooter Walk Bus Approximately how many kilometers do you travel to get to school? 1 – 3 4 – 6 7+

17. Material School Total (lb) per day School Total (lb) per week (x5 days) School Total (lb) per year (x39 weeks) 5000 liter garbage bins/y White paper Coloured paper Cardboard 834141614639 Plastics Glass Food waste 1.3206.600257.40078 Total1.4037.014273.546114 Waste materials SCE

18. School Emissions Breakdown: Electricity 374.842,59 lb CO2 Gas 596.211,79 lb CO2 Cars 382.104,95 lb CO2 Buses 52.681,14 lb CO2 Waste 74.787,33 lb CO2 School Emissions Summary 1,480,627.80Total lb CO 2 equals 780.31Tons of CO 2

19. Conclusion The school can do many things to reduce its carbon footprint. What can the school do?

20. Electricity consumption  Turn of light and reducing the amount of lights in the school.  Turn of computers in the school when there are not being used.  Use green energy!

21. Gas consumption  Lowering the temperature of the central heating.

22. Transportation  Carpooling  Promote greener cars  More biking

23. Waste  Only throw away paper that is really unusable.  Reduce the use of paper.  Reduce food waste.  Compost better.  Recycle more!

24. We hope that we inspired a lot of schools to contribute to a more sustainable living at school...

25. Thank you for listening!