EarthCARE, An Environmental Education Partnership ™

Spring 2009 OCDSB EarthCARE Audit Stats

Stats for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
 ElementarySecondary All Schools
# Schools completing audit (%) 96 (82.1%) 16 (53.3%) 112 (76.2%)
Total # students in schools (avg/school) 39,466 (411.1) 14,373 (845.5) 53,839 (476.5)
# Rooms audited  (avg/school) 4176 (43.5) 1481 (92.6) 5657 (50.5)
# P/VP involved 52 11 63
# Teachers involved  (avg/school) 203 (2.1) 39 (2.3) 242 (2.1)
# EC students on team  (avg/school) 1874 (19.5) 225 (13.2) 2099 (18.6)
# Custodians involved  (avg/school) 65 (0.7) 16 (0.9) 81 (0.7)
# Parents involved 64 1 65
# Community Sponsors 7 6 13
# Schools at Spring Training 104 22 126
# EC Meetings to April 2008 1171 (12.2) 186 (10.9) 1357 (12.0)
# Schools using EC Lessons/Resources (%) 39 (40.6) 7 (41.2) 46 (40.7)
Average EC Team Score (Max=20) 11.3 10.9 11.2
Student Involvement Avg. Score / 3 1.59 0.65 1.45
Staff Involvement Avg. Score / 3 1.14 0.88 1.10
Frequency of Involvement Avg. Score / 3 1.77 1.29 1.70
Visibility of EC in school Avg. Score / 3 1.81 1.41 1.75
Faucets counted  (avg/school) Faucets leaking  (avg/school) 4552 (47.4)
124 (1.3)
1677 (104.8)
55 (3.4)
6229 (55.6)
179 (1.6)
Toilets counted  (avg/school) Toilets leaking  (avg/school) 2925 (30.5)
16 (0.2)
783 (48.9)
30 (1.9)
3708 (33.1)
46 (0.4)
Outside lights counted  (avg/school) On unnecessarily  (avg/school) 1357 (14.1)
33 (0.34)
277 (17.3)
54 (3.4)
1634 (14.6)
87 (0.8)
Computers counted On unnecessarily 8325 (86.7)
1812 (18.9)
3807 (237.9)
667 (41.7)
12,132 (108.3)
2479 (22.1)
Inside Lights Counted On Unnecessarily 75,979 (791.4)
10,201 (106.3)
32,393 (2024.6)
3435 (214.7)
108,372 (967.6)
13,636 (121.8)
Garbage in Recycling 506 (5.3) 199 (12.4) 705 (6.3)
Recycling in Garbage 864 (9.0) 337 (21.1) 1201 (10.7)
No Recycling Bin where needed 382 (4.0) 218 (13.6) 600 (5.4)
Vents Blocked 349 (3.6) 48 (3.0) 397 (3.5)
Inappropriate Room Temperature 131 (1.4) 27 (1.7) 158 (1.4)

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 13.4% 10.6% 12.6%
Average percentage of inside lights on unnecessarily 15.0% 13.0% 14.7%
Percentage of computers on unnecessarily in all schools 21.8% 17.5% 20.4%
Average percentage of computers on unnecessarily 21.7% 19.7% 21.4%