This document summarizes the results of a questionnaire on saving water and energy completed by 50 students from Escola E.B 2, 3 D. João de Portel in Portugal. It finds that most students understand renewable energy sources, turn off lights and appliances when not in use, and take shorter showers to conserve water. However, some students admit to wasting water by leaving taps running or not reporting leaks. The document provides tips for saving water through more efficient washing habits and irrigation as well as tips for saving energy through changing daily habits.

1. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
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3rd. Newsletter – November 2013 – Portugal
Theme: “Saving Water and energy”
Results of the questionnaire answered by 50 students from the Escola E.
B 2, 3 D. João de Portel
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2. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
50%50%
Sex
boy
girl
0%
44%
36%
10%
4%
6%
Age
9
10
11
12
13
14
60%
40%
0%
Residence
Village
Town
Citty

3. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
64%
28%
8%
1. Wich sources of energy are
considered renewble?
a) The nuclear energy,
the aeolian energy,
the solar energy, the
biomass and the
natural energy.
b) The aeolian energy,
the solar energy, the
water, the biomass
and geothermal
energy.
c) The biomass, the
aeolian and solar
energy, the water and
the oil.
24%
76%
2. The oil is:
a) Renewable source
of energy.
b) Not renewable
source of energy.

4. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
20%
80%
3. The Windows are closed and the
heating turned on, bu tis still cold.
Your first thought is:
a) Turn up the
heating..
b) Wear another layer
of clothes (eg a
jumper).
8%
92%
4. In the house, when you open the
windows to renew the air:
a) The
heating/thermostat is
turned on.
b) The
heating/thermostat is
turned off.
20% 0%
80%
5. After you use the computer, the
television, the PlayStation or some
similar appliance, you turn off the
screen:
a) Sometimes.
b) Never.
c) Always.

5. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
74%
0%
26%
6. You turn off the light, when you
are the las tone that comes out of
the room?
a) Yes.
b) No.
c) Sometimes.
68%
32%
7. In the scool, you use:
a) Lamps of saving of
energy.
b) Lamps of glow..

6. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
22%
58%
20%
8. I come in to school:
a) By car.
b) Public
transport/school bus.
c) On foot, by bicycle.
8%
32%
60%
9. When you usually wash
yourself in the house, you have:
a) Bath.
b) Long shower.
c) A short shower,
closing the tap as long
as you wash yourself.
10%
90%
10. When you brush your teeth,
you wash dishes, etc:
a) Leave water
running?
b) Turn off the tap,
when you do not use
water?

7. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
24%
46%
30%
11. When I don’t drink water
that is in excess:
a) I throw it in the
sink.
b) I leave it for later.
c) I throw it in the
flowers.
54%
0%
46%
12. When I water the plants in the
garden:
a) I turn the tap up and I
close it when I finish the
watering.
b) I irrigate all the plants
with the water from the
swimming pool.
c) I open and close the
tap each time I need it.
28%
38%
34%
13. When I wash my pets:
a) I fill a basin with
water.
b) I use the hose.
c) I wash it with soap
in the basin and
afterwards I rinse it
with the hose.

8. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
76%
20%
4%
14. In the previous break a tap in
the school is leaking:
a) I immediately inform
the Director.
b) I leave it to run
believing that somebody
left it deliberately open.
c) I continue the game
without paying any
attention.

9. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
TIPS FOR SAVING WATER
Opt for watering at dusk or at dawn, when the
temperature is lower and evaporation is less. Do
not water more than necessary by avoiding water
logging.
The most economical way to use the washing
machines and dishwashers is switch them on only
when they are completely full.
Put a bottle full of water inside the cistern (the
volume that it occupies corresponds to saving of
water in each discharge).
When you wash a yard or a ride, not recommended
for use only the hose, also use a broom.
In an immersion bath you can spend about 150
liters of water while in a shower you'll spend about
60 liters.
When you wash dishes, first tries everything to
lather and only then you open the tap.

10. Work done by students Catarina Advinha, Joana Varela and Margarida Rita
(class 7th B) and students of class 6th A
TIPS FOR SAVING ENERGY
Do not waste energy is, above all, a
change of habit for preserving the
Environment for future generations.
It is improving quality of life as well.
It is an exercise of Citizenship.