This checklist is designed for Canteen managers and staff.
Add and delete items that are specific to your school. Use the school energy manager section in the ‘Save Energy@School’ cd (available from DE&T) that discusses these recommendations for canteens in detail.
Use this procedure in combination with labelling at the point where the switch off occurs.
Every night
Completed (tick)
Turn off the following
What happens if you don’t do it?
Air conditioner
Computer and office equipment at the wall*
Tea and coffee boilers at the wall
All cooking equipment
Lights (including in fridges and coolrooms if possible)
Bug Zappers (check health standards)
Heaters
Tea and coffee boilers left on overnight produce 500 kg of greenhouse pollution a year – enough to fill 500 fridges!
* Check manufacturers instructions.
Additionally every weekend / the last day of the week the canteen used
Completed (tick)
Turn off the following
What happens if you don’t do it?
Drinks Fridges (without perishables)
Large drinks fridges left on can waste $170 and 2300kg of greenhouse gases each year
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