Schools, Childcare

EWG Entry Door check

EWG provides a practical first-step evaluation for schools, childcare, and early learning sites where energy bills, room comfort, ventilation, hot water, after-hours running, maintenance, supplier quotes, or approval responsibilities are unclear.

This check gives EWG enough site and operating context to review whether there is a useful next step, whether more evidence is needed, or whether a supplier, specialist, audit, funding, upgrade readiness, or no-action route makes more sense

After you submit the form, you will be taken to the What Next page for this category.

Schools and childcare sites often have heating, ventilation, comfort, hot water, after hours equipment, and approval responsibilities working together. This first step check keeps the starting point practical and low-disruption.

Required fields. Use “Not sure” where you do not know the answer.

Schools and childcare sites often have heating, ventilation, comfort, hot water, after hours equipment, and approval responsibilities working together. This check is only to identify whether there is a useful next step.

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What is happening?

Start with the reason you opened this check. Exact diagnosis is not expected.

Main concern or trigger *

High or rising energy bill Confusing bill or tariff Heating, ventilation, hot water, or other equipment running after hours Equipment strain, repeated maintenance, or callouts Cold, hot, stuffy, damp, or hard-to-manage rooms Old heating, hot-water, ventilation, or controls decision Supplier quote, repair, or upgrade confusion Board, landlord, Ministry, owner, or head-office decision Funding, property, or capex question Ventilation, indoor air quality, or heating tension Hot water, hygiene, sleep/rest, or child-comfort concern Not sure / other

If other, describe briefly

Briefly describe what is happening *

How long has this been happening?

How urgent does it feel?

Schools, Childcare operating and equipment context

Select the rooms, equipment, comfort, ventilation, hot-water, and control areas that may be creating operating pressure. Exact technical details are not expected.

Normal operating days and hours

Busy period, peak time, or unusual pattern

Main equipment, area, or operating pressure *

Classrooms, learning spaces, or activity rooms Childcare rooms, sleep/rest areas, or bathrooms Heating, heat pumps, boilers, or space heating Ventilation, fresh air, windows, or extraction Hot water for bathrooms, kitchen, cleaning, or laundry Kitchens, food-prep, fridges, or freezers Lighting, daylight, glare, or visual comfort Pumps, fans, IT, security, or background loads Controls, timers, sensors, or setpoints Damp, condensation, draughts, or building fabric pressure After-hours heating, ventilation, hot water, lighting, or IT load Maintenance, quote, ownership, or approval responsibility

Does heating, ventilation, hot water, lighting, IT, security, or other key equipment run outside useful occupied hours?

Yes No Partly Not sure

Is there old equipment, repeated maintenance, comfort, ventilation, hot-water, or reliability pressure?

Yes No Partly Not sure

Short operating or equipment note

Evidence, decision, and next step

Add only what is easy. A bill, photo, quote, maintenance note, or short comment is enough for first contact.

Approximate monthly energy spend *

Is there an urgent child-safety, staff-safety, compliance, building, electrical, gas, ventilation, heating, hot-water, or specialist issue now? *

Yes No Partly Not sure

What evidence is available now? *

Recent bill 3–12 months of bills Interval or smart-meter data Supplier quote Equipment photos or list Maintenance or service notes Room comfort notes, temperature or air-flow comments, hot-water notes, maintenance records, or quote photos None yet Not sure

Who pays the energy bills? *

Who controls settings, hours, or shutdown routines?

Who can approve a paid next step? *

Preferred first route *

Anything else EWG should know?

Important: Schools and childcare sites can involve child safety, staff safety, heating, ventilation, indoor air quality, hot water temperature, food areas, building condition, electrical, gas, and compliance issues. If there is an urgent safety, health, building, electrical, gas, ventilation, hot water, food safety, legal, or compliance issue, contact the appropriate qualified specialist or responsible authority directly. For non urgent next step decisions, EWG can clarify the question, evidence, and preparation needed before you decide what to do. Emergency repair, certification, legal, health, building, engineering, and trade work need the appropriate qualified provider.

Schools, Childcare site and contact details

Leave enough detail so EWG can respond if the submission has a useful next-step basis.

Business or site name *

Specific site type

Site suburb or location *

Is the site leased or owned?

Contact person *

Your role

Email address *

Phone number

Preferred contact method *

I agree that Eco Wave Green can review this information and contact me about a possible next step. I understand this form is an initial check, not an audit, quote, or guarantee of savings.

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EWG reviews the information first. Any paid step is explained before you decide whether to proceed.

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What happens after this?

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What Happens Next

Here’s what you can expect after you submit this checklist.

EWG Reviews Your Info

EWG reviews your submission and may ask for a few quick clarifications.

Initial Review

EWG checks the practical pressure areas, available evidence, risk context, and decision situation.

Next Step Suggested

EWG may suggest a useful next step, more evidence, a supplier or specialist question, a paid review, or no action for now.

You Decide

You decide whether to proceed before any paid step.

This checklist is a first step evaluation. It is not a formal audit, design, supplier quote, compliance sign off, or guarantee of savings.
Outcomes depend on the information provided and any later agreed review.