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According to the BC energy website, at least 95% of all electricity in BC comes from renewable sources.
“British Columbia generates nearly all of its electricity by harnessing the power of flowing water, a clean and renewable source. The rest comes from forest biomass, wind, natural gas, solar, and landfill gas.”
This puts schools in British Columbia at a huge cost advantage when it comes to taking their school carbon neutral and means that there is even less reason to procrastinate.
In the Sprout Calculator, please make sure you enter ‘0.95′ when answering the, “What fraction of the electricity supplied to you comes from renewable sources?” question.
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2. Utilities:
- Your total electricity usage for the last 12 month period. In kWh. If your provider uses renewable sources, the percentage of your electricity which is renewable.
- If you use gas for heating, the name of the gas unit your provider uses, and, the number of units of gas that you used in the last 12 months.
- If you use heating oil, the amount of oil you used in the last 12 months. In Litres.
- The number of people that use the internet on a normal day.
3. Transportation:
- Number and type of busses used for daily student transportation.
- Average number of kilometers traveled in 12 months for each bus type.
- Total amount of kilometers traveled by other school vehicles (pickups, school car etc.).
4. Excursions & Trips:
- Total kilometers flown by students (how far x number of students) in 12 months.
- Total kilometers flown by staff (how far x number of students) in 12 months.
5. Purchasing:
- Total number of electronic devices bought last year.
- How much spent on stationary last year. In US$.
- Number of books bought every year.
5. Trees:
- Total number of trees (over 1.5m) on campus.
About you, your school, location etc.
Power, heating, cooling & internet
Busses, coaches & school vehicles
Where you and your students fly
The things you buy on regular basis
