EarthCARE, An Environmental Education Partnership ™

Spring 2010 OCDSB EarthCARE Audit Stats

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Stats for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
 ElementarySecondary All Schools
# Schools completing audit (%) 89 (75.4%) 22 (73.3%) 111 (75.0%)
Total # students in schools (avg/school) 36,632 (411.6) 18,598 (845.4) 55,230 (497.6)
# Rooms audited  (avg/school) 3738 (42.5) 2070 (94.1) 5808 (52.3)
# P/VP involved 64 13 77
# Teachers involved  (avg/school) 216 (2.4) 57 (2.6) 273 (2.5)
# EC students on team  (avg/school) 2749 (30.9) 228 (10.4) 2977 (26.8)
# Custodians involved  (avg/school) 79 (0.9) 19 (0.9) 98 (0.9)
# Parents involved 49 1 50
# Community Sponsors 7 6 13
# Schools at Fall or Spring Training 16 2 18
# Schools using EC Lessons/Resources (%) 38 (42.7) 4 (18.2) 42 (38.2)
Average EC Team Score (Max=20) 13.6 12.5 13.4
Student Involvement Avg. Score / 3 1.71 1.09 1.59
Staff Involvement Avg. Score / 3 1.16 1.32 1.19
Frequency of Involvement Avg. Score / 3 1.88 1.64 1.83
Visibility of EC in school Avg. Score / 3 1.85 1.64 1.81
Faucets counted  (avg/school) Faucets leaking  (avg/school) 4009 (45.6)
146 (1.6)
2467 (112.1)
77 (3.5)
6476 (58.9)
223 (2.0)
Toilets counted  (avg/school) Toilets leaking  (avg/school) 2697 (30.6)
39 (0.4)
1040 (49.5)
25 (1.2)
3737 (34.3)
64 (0.6)
Outside lights counted  (avg/school) On unnecessarily  (avg/school) 1141 (13.7)
59 (0.7)
331 (15.0)
6 (0.3)
1472 (14.0)
65 (0.6)
Computers counted On unnecessarily 7413 (84.2)
1865 (21.0)
5784 (262.9)
1242 (56.5)
13,197 (120.0)
3107 (28.0)
Inside Lights Counted On Unnecessarily 71,744 (815.3)
10,361 (116.4)
52,319 (2378.1)
6961 (316.4)
124,063 (1127.8)
17,322 (156.1)
Garbage in Recycling 480 (5.4) 321 (14.6) 801 (7.2)
Recycling in Garbage 720 (8.1) 475 (21.6) 1195 (10.8)
No Recycling Bin where needed 321 (3.6) 372 (16.9) 693 (6.2)
Vents Blocked 383 (4.3) 136 (6.5) 519 (4.7)

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 14.4% 13.3% 13.9%
Average percentage of inside lights on unnecessarily 15.7% 17.1% 16.1%
Percentage of computers on unnecessarily in all schools 25.2% 21.5% 23.5%
Average percentage of computers on unnecessarily 24.1% 23.1% 23.9%