EarthCARE, An Environmental Education Partnership ™

Spring 2008 OCDSB EarthCARE Audit Stats

Stats for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
 ElementarySecondary All Schools
# Schools completing audit (%)85 (72.6%)21 (72.4%) 106 (72.6%)
Total # students in schools (avg/school)34,541 (406.4)17,913 (853) 52,454 (494.8)
# Rooms audited  (avg/school)3775 (44.4)2134 (101.6) 5909 (55.7)
# P/VP involved5910 69
# Teachers involved  (avg/school)155 (1.8)49 (2.3) 204 (1.9)
# EC students on team  (avg/school)1696 (20.0)231 (11.0) 1927 (18.2)
# Custodians involved  (avg/school)80 (0.9)25 (1.2) 105 (1.0)
# Parents involved 452 47
# Community Sponsors110 11
# Schools at Spring Training8619 105
# EC Meetings to April 2008956 (11.2)288 (13.7) 1244 (11.7)
# Schools using EC Lessons/Resources (%)43 (50.6)6 (27.3) 49 (45.8)
Average EC Team Score (Max=20)12.511.2 12.3
Student Involvement Avg. Score / 31.720.95 1.57
Staff Involvement Avg. Score / 31.180.81 1.10
Frequency of Involvement Avg. Score / 31.841.48 1.76
Visibility of EC in school Avg. Score / 31.841.48 1.76
Faucets counted  (avg/school) Faucets leaking  (avg/school)4204 (49.5) 135 (1.6)2375 (113.1) 134 (6.4) 6579 (62.1) 269 (2.5)
Toilets counted  (avg/school) Toilets leaking  (avg/school)2421 (28.5) 31 (0.4)981 (46.7) 46 (2.2) 3402 (32.1) 77 (0.7)
Outside lights counted  (avg/school) On unnecessarily  (avg/school)1310 (15.4) 88 (1.0)343 (16.3) 15 (0.7) 1653 (15.6) 103 (0.97)
Computers counted On unnecessarily7176 (84.4) 1568 (18.4)5556 (264.6) 1022 (48.7) 12,732 (120.1) 2590 (24.4)
Inside Lights Counted On Unnecessarily75,182 (884.5) 10,459 (123.0)53,125 (2529.8) 6700 (319.1) 128,307 (1210.4) 17,159 (161.9)
Garbage in Recycling425 (5.0)287 (13.7) 712 (6.7)
Recycling in Garbage645 (7.6)483 (23.0) 1128 (10.6)
No Recycling Bin where needed231 (2.7)272 (13.0) 503 (4.7)
Vents Blocked343 (4.0)89 (4.2) 432 (4.1)
Inappropriate Room Temperature110 (1.3)78 (3.7) 188 (1.8)

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.

LOCO stats for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
  Elementary Secondary All Schools
Percentage of lights on unnecessarily in all schools 13.9% 12.6% 13.4%
Average percentage of inside lights on unnecessarily 14.5% 13.3% 14.3%
Percentage of computers on unnecessarily in all schools 21.9% 18.4% 20.3%
Average percentage of computers on unnecessarily 22.1% 19.2% 21.5%