{"id":8739,"date":"2022-08-25T12:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T01:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8739"},"modified":"2022-08-25T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T01:37:33","slug":"go-greener-43","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/go-greener-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Greener"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Toasty Tuesday Wrap Up<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Did we save Energy?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The forecast for Toasty Tuesday was sunshine and an expected temperature of 17<sup>0<\/sup>C. There were many unusual outfits and happy faces as the girls arrived at school for the challenge of keeping themselves warm with no heating and as few lights as possible turned on. The aim of the day was to raise awareness about our energy use and see if we could reduce our carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8739 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/CDDC682F-48D9-46DF-9853-5B2D4EC39C82.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/CDDC682F-48D9-46DF-9853-5B2D4EC39C82-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/62305FA7-8876-4856-8BE7-D48B4E5CC1AD.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/62305FA7-8876-4856-8BE7-D48B4E5CC1AD-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The results are in, and we did manage to reduce our energy use! On Toasty Tuesday the whole school used <strong>2,792kW<\/strong>h (senior school used 2,385kWh). \u00a0If we compare this to the previous Tuesday, August 9, the whole school used 3,189kWh (senior school used\u00a02,599kWh). The day after Toasty Tuesday on Wednesday 17 August we used 2,977 kWh (senior school used\u00a02,520). The two graphs below show the load was clearly lower on Toasty Tuesday. The Graph 1 shows the energy used by the Senior school only and Graph 2 does a comparison for the whole school.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_8741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8741\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/Graph-1-e1661299136733.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graph 1: Energy used by the Senior School<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_8742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8742\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/Graph-2-e1661299239747.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"466\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graph 2: Energy used by the whole school<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Another tradition of Toasty Tuesday is of course toasted sandwiches! The cafeteria sold about two hundred toasted sandwiches to keep people warm. Plain cheese was the most popular variety purchased.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-8739 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTGG-year-6.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"Year 6\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTGG-year-6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Year 6<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTGG-Year-12.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"Year 12\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTGG-Year-12-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Year 12<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/gen-year-6-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"Year 6\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/gen-year-6-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Year 6<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\n<p>This year we decided to use our own energy to created pedal powered strawberry and mango smoothies. It was a hectic time as about 380 smoothies were made by Primary and Secondary students with pedal power.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-8739 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/E4A7C9C4-5C05-497B-8C9B-EB67CAB7ABD2.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/E4A7C9C4-5C05-497B-8C9B-EB67CAB7ABD2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTTG-Year-3L.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTTG-Year-3L-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTGG-first-person-the-ride-Michaela.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/BTGG-first-person-the-ride-Michaela-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>As mentioned in a previous edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/go-greener-41\/\">Go Greener<\/a>, the energy for the school comes from solar and wind power. There are number of interesting podcasts on the 100 climate conversations website dealing with solar and wind energy in Australia. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martin Green who pioneered <a href=\"https:\/\/100climateconversations.com\/martin-green\/\">solar panels in Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charlie Prell who developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/100climateconversations.com\/charlie-prell\/\">wind farm on his property<\/a> at Crookwell and set up the <em>Framers for climate action<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chris McGrath who developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/100climateconversations.com\/chris-mcgrath\/\">system to deploy solar panel quickly and more efficiently<\/a>. He is behind the Sun Cable project to send electricity to Singapore via underwater cable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sue Zipfinger<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sustainability Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toasty Tuesday Wrap Up Did we save Energy? 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