EarthCARE, An Environmental Education Partnership ™

2004-2010 OCDSB EarthCARE Scoreboard

Comparison Between 2004-2010 OCDSB EarthCARE Audit Results
  '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
Schools participating in EC 90% 98.7% 94.6% 94.0% 95.9% 92.5% 90.0%
# Schools completing Spring audit 106 (74%) 136 (91.3%) 131 (87.9%) 121 (81.2%) 106 (72.6%) 112 (76.2%) 111
(74.5%)
# Students participating on EC Teams 1494 4272 3505 2871 1927 2099 2977
# P/VPs involved 70 138 105 88 69 63 77
# Staff participating 247 351 421 283 207 242 273
# Custodians participating 113 151 135 118 106 81 98
# Parents participating 60 49 40 60 47 65 50
# Community Sponsors in schools 5 13 15 21 11 13 18
# of EC Catalysts trained 104 87 N/A* N/A* N/A* N/A* N/A*
# of Schools using ECCs 26 14 N/A* N/A* N/A* N/A* N/A*
Participation in Building Operator Program 81% 96% 90% N/A* N/A* N/A* N/A*
Moderate to High Student participation in EC 42.4% 55.7% 61.2% 61.1% 54.7% 48.7% 57.7%
Moderate to High Staff participation in EC 31.2% 37.5% 36.4% 43.0% 37.7% 36.3% 36.9%
Moderate to High Frequency of Involvement n/a n/a 62.7% 56.1% 56.6% 54.9% 60.4%
Moderate to High Visibility of EC in School 51% 60.4% 65.1% 70.3% 58.5% 61.1% 59.5%
Average Lights off reported 74.9% 84.4% 83.9% 86.0% 85.7% 85.3% 83.9%
Average Computers off reported 72.5% 77.4% 76.1% 78.0% 78.5% 78.6% 76.1%
Estimated $ savings from LOCO alone** $938,700 $1,083,118 $1,247,147 $1,791,542 $1,959,850 $1,803,257 $1,727,669
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) 18.3 tonnes
(equivalent to planting  607 mature trees)
17.0 tonnes
(equivalent to planting  564 mature trees)
16.1 tonnes
(equivalent to planting  534 mature trees)

* Secondary ECCs were not trained for use in the program; BOTP was not provided via EarthCARE