EarthCARE, An Environmental Education Partnership ™

04/05/06/07 OCDSB EarthCARE Scoreboard

Comparison Between 04/05/06/07 OCDSB EarthCARE Audit Results
  2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007
Schools participating in EC 90% 98.7% 94.6% 94.0%
# Schools completing Spring audit 106 (74%) 136 (91.3%) 131 (87.9%)

121 (81.2%)

# Students participating on EC Teams 1494 4272 3505 2871
# P/VPs involved 70 138 105 88
# Staff participating 247 351 421 283
# Custodians participating 113 151 135 118
# Parents participating 60 49 40 60
# Community Sponsors in schools 5 13 15 21
# of EC Catalysts trained 104 87 N/A* N/A*
# of Schools using ECCs 26 14 N/A* N/A*
Participation in Building Operator Program 81% 96% 90% N/A*
Moderate to High Student participation in EC 42.4% 55.7% 61.2% 61.1%
Moderate to High Staff participation in EC 31.2% 37.5% 36.4% 43.0%
Moderate to High Frequency of Involvement n/a n/a 62.7% 56.1%
Moderate to High Visibility of EC in School 51% 60.4% 65.1% 70.3%
Average Lights off reported 74.9% 84.4% 83.9% 86.0%
Average Computers off reported 72.5% 77.4% 76.1% 78.0%
Estimated $ savings from LOCO alone** $938,700 $1,083,118 $1,247,147 $1,791,542
Estimated reduction in CO2 emissions** 8.8 tonnes (equivalent to planting 292 mature trees ) 10.1 tonnes (equivalent to planting 335 mature trees ) 11.6 tonnes (equivalent to planting 385 mature trees ) 16.7 tonnes (equivalent to planting  554 mature trees)

* Secondary ECCs were not trained for use in the program in 05/06 or 06/07; BOTP was not provided via EC in 06/07
** Estimates assume that every day of the school year the occupant behaviours were similar to those reported in the audits