Water and energy UK Presentation for Denmark the presentation was prepared by the students from Academy 360 from Sunderland

2. We are from Academy 360 in Sunderland, it’s a unique school in the UK as we have students aged between 4 - 16 years of age. Sunderland is in the North East of England.

3. Energy and water is a big part of every day life in every part of the world. With out them we wouldn’t be able to survive. Through out the project we have researched how we currently use water and energy, how to conserve them and new methods of retrieving them. When returning to the academy we hope to encourage the school to become more efficient in using energy and water.

4. Only 1% of the Earths water is available to drink! Every time someone flushes the toilet they use 7.5 liters of water, which is 21% of your daily water usage! You need water to survive, without it, your body wouldn’t cope!

5. In the North East of England we have water that is classified as hard water . Hard water is water that has high miner al cont ent (in contrast with soft water). Hard water has high concentrations of magnesium and calcium. Hard water is generally not harmful to one's health but can pose serious problems to boilers ect.

6. Stronger Bones Healthier Teeth Helps your blood to Clot Keeps your brain and spinal cord working Keeps your muscles working properly. Helps your heart pump more effectively Lowers blood pressure Helps improve asthma Lowers cholesterol Helps constipation Helps Kidney Stones

7. People around the world use different amounts of water on average: In the UK we are renowned for being very careful with our water, meaning we don’t use as much water as other countries. Place Average amount used per person (l) UK 150 Denmark 200 Italy 400 Norway 300 Greece 2389 m³ per person per Year Poland 1103 m³/per person per year

8. Kielder dam Sunderland Kielder Dam holds 200 billion litres of water Kielder Water is also the site of England's largest hydro electric plant. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth on 26 May 198 2. The hydro electric dam is controlled from Wales.

9. In the North East of England we are ‘rich’ in water, this is due to the amount of rain fall we get and the land we have to store the water. The amount of rain we have is because we have many mountains, unlike the South of England Thanks to Keilder, we have an abundance of water.

10. Many people around the world are working hard to make our water delivery efficient, and safe. They are developing ways of transporting water underground from water rich places (Sunderland) to water poor places (South East England). Water turbines are currently being developed, much like wind turbines, using tides and currents to generate electricity. Much like the national electricity grid, scientists are developing a national water grid. This will mean water will be available in bigger amounts to more people.

11. Northumbria Water (Sunderland’s water supplier) is currently running a campaign called ‘bad habits’. This campign is run in most schools, which involves a performance by a theatre company and a Northumbrian Water representative visiting the school. Northumbrian Water also provides CD-ROM’s to schools and families to help them save water. The water saving kit provided by Northumbrian water is also part of the campaign. The campaign engages children and makes them think more about saving water. It also provides children with information about water.

13. In the UK we use six main sources of energy: coal, oil, gas, nuclear, renewable and imported. The average UK household uses 3300 kWh per year. A high percentage of the energy being used is gas.

14. Oil is a form of fossil fuel highly used in the UK. It’s a natural source of energy created millions of years ago, oil is created beneath the sea. In the UK we use oil for many things such as: fuel for transport, industrial, in our homes, electric power and commercial use.

15. In the U.K we are starting to introduce Renewable Energy, using appliances such as Wind/Water Turbines Solar Panels HydroElectricity

16. Wind farms are being increasingly used in Britain. This is an effective way of using the power of wind to turn large turbines to produce clean electricity. Water turbines are soon going to be introduced into Britain. They use the power of the waves and the current to turn the large turbines to produce electricity.

17. Solar panels are a great way to absorb, and keep energy. They are still quite expensive in the UK but, once you have them for a long period of time, they pay for themselves. The positive thing about solar panels is that you don't have to use all the energy you get, you can also sell the energy to the National Power Grid.

18. Hydroelectricity is generated by the force of falling. It’s one of the cleanest sources of energy, and it’s also the most reliable and costs the least. The closest hydroelectric dam to Sunderland is Keilder. Hydroelectricty only provides a small amount of the UK’s power, however we are trying to make it more.

22. The UK is very good at saving water however there are many more ways to improve our usage. If we as a school improves our usage, we hope other schools will, meaning families will, improving our nations usage, helping the world. The UK is always finding new ways of conserving energy from big things such as new turbines to turning our lights off. During the project we have discovered that there is a lot more research into energy than the public knows. We hope that more people will learn and discover ways of conserving energy. If we save water, we save energy, helping to reduce climate change.