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Energy Audit

A problem to work out:

How much energy does your school or home waste every day? Do this audit and find ways of saving energy:

Question		Score
1.	Are the lights turned off in all empty rooms?	20
2.	Are the windows closed in heated rooms?	20
3.	Are the outside doors fitted with door closers?	10
4.	Are the lights turned off at the end of the working day?	10
5.	Are the windows double-glazed?	30
6.	Is the loft insulated?	50
7.	Are the doors draught-proofed?	10
8.	Are tanks and pipes lagged or insulated?	20
9.	Is the boiler computer-controlled?	30
10.	Has your school an energy-saving policy?	60

Extras:

Score 10 extra points for each if:

You have a cover on an outdoor swimming pool.

You have thermostats in each room?

You have timers on the changing room showers.

And for every other energy-saving technique you use!

SCORES

200 or more? You are doing well.

100-200? Plenty of room for improvement.

Less than 100? You are wasting energy and money!

ENERGY

What to do?

Whoops! Computer error. Vital words have been left out of these sentences. Fit the right words in the right places!

1. These are fossil fuels: coal, oil and ______. Once burned they can never be replaced.

2. The production and use of these fuels is the leading source of _____________ gas emissions.

3. £6.5 billion is wasted on energy in the UK per year. This could pay supermodel Linda Evangelista to get of bed everyday for ________ years.

4. Through energy use the average home emits more harmful CO2 gas than the average ______.

5. Over ____ of UK householders admit that they have never examined their homes for ways to save energy.

6. The amount of heat lost in UK homes annually, through loft spaces and walls, is enough to heat _________ homes for a year.

7. In the winter of 1998, UK households wasted nearly £4.3 billion in excess energy costs. Every household could have saved _____ on energy bills.

8. The _________ ___________ uses more energy than any other country.

9. The United Kingdom is the world’s __________ biggest energy user.

10. If all the barrels of oil produced in a day in the world were laid end to end, the line would stretch _________ around the equator.

OPTIONS:

70 per cent; five million; car; 2000; £185;

gas; greenhouse; twice; seventh; United States.