EarthCARE, An Environmental Education Partnership ™

October 2004 EarthCARE Audit

Stats for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
  Board-wide Elementary Secondary
# schools completing audit (%) 138  (92.6%) 109  (92.4%) 29  (93.5%)
Total # students in schools (avg/school) 70,851 45,826 (420) 25,025  (863)
# Rooms audited  (avg/school) 7915 5011  (46) 2904  (100)
# P/VP involved 141 114 27
# Teachers involved  (avg/school) 372  (2.7) 249  (2.3) 123  (4.2)
# EC students on team  (avg/school) 3861  (28) 3594  (33) 267  (9)
# EC Catalysts   31 active 88 trained
# Custodians involved  (avg/school) 151 117  (1.1) 34  (1.2)
# Parents involved 28 27 1
# Community Sponsors 3 3 0
# Schools at October Training 141 111 30
# EC Meetings to October 2004 434  (3.1) 328 (3) 106 (3.7)
# EC Lessons used 27 25 2
Student Involvement Avg. Score/3 1.41 1.56 0.83
Staff Involvement Avg. Score/3 1.20 1.20 1.21
Frequency of Involvement Avg. Score/3 1.49 1.61 1.00
Visibility of EC in school Avg. Score/3 1.59 1.72 1.10
Faucets counted  (avg/school)
Faucets leaking  (avg/school)
9229  (66.5) 397  (2.9) 5870 (53.9)
282 (2.6)
3359 (115.8)
115 (4.0)
Toilets counted  (avg/school) Toilets leaking  (avg/school) 4811  (34.9)
113  (0.8)
3312 (30.4)
88  (0.8)
1499 (51.7)
25  (0.9)
Outside lights counted  (avg/school) On unnecessarily  (avg/school) 2180  (15.8)
80  (0.6)
1656  (15.2)
59 (0.5)
524  (18.1)
21  (0.7)
Computers counted On unnecessarily 15,089  (109.3)
3808  (27.6)
9112  (83.6)
2613  (24.0)
5977  (206.1)
1195  (41.2)
Inside Lights Counted On Unnecessarily 155,841  (1129.3)
29,717  (215.3)
90,298  (828.4)
18,747  (172)
65,543  (2260.1)
10,970  (378.3)
Garbage in Recycling 1316  (9.5) 827  (7.6) 489  (16.9)
Recycling in Garbage 2153  (15.6) 1177 (10.8) 976  (33.7)
No Recycling Bin where needed 2228  (16.1) 1251  (11.5) 977  (33.7)
Vents Blocked 851  (6.2) 666  (6.1) 185  (6.4)
Inappropriate Room Temperature 388  (2.8) 243  (2.2) 145  (5.0)

LOCO

The numbers of computers and lights on unnecessarily have been reported above.

In addition, we have calculated the percentage of computers and lights on unnecessarily, first by using the numbers above, second by averaging the percentages calculated for each school.

Lights-Off Computers-Off Percentages
  Board-wide Elementary Secondary
Percentage of inside lights on unnecessarily in all schools 19.1% 20.8% 16.7%
Average percentage of inside lights on unnecessarily in schools 21.2% 21.8% 19.1%
Percentage of computers on unnecessarily in all schools 25.2% 28.7% 20.0%
Average percentage of computers on unnecessarily in schools 27% 28.5% 21.5%