Playland Energy Assignment

By: Evelyn Pun, Katie Santos, Ruby Ollivier, Maddi Vaisbord

For our assignment at Playland we had to pretend we were energy conservation

officers, and determine how much energy Playland uses and what it costs to run. We
used the time span of an 8-hour day in our equations. We also got some of our numbers
from BC Hydro. For each component that requires energy, we will need to find out how
much energy it uses in kw then multiply it by 8 hours to turn it into kwh. We then use the
formula for cost to determine how much money each component costs to run. The
formula for cost is: (cents per kwh x number of kwh= cost)

First we needed to find how much energy the rides use. Then we found out how much
each of those rides cost.

Next we needed to find out how much energy an average food stand uses and
multiply that by how many food stands there are.
1500x12=18000 kwh approx.
1800x8=14,000
14,000x 0.10 = $1,400
We need to now find out how much energy an average public washroom uses and
multiply that by the number of washrooms there are.
16kwx4=64 kwh
64 kwh x $0.12
cost=$7.68 approx.

Then we find out how much each vending machine uses and multiply that by how many
vending machines there are.
0.92 Kwh x 6
=5.52
44.16x$0.2
=$8.83

Now we need to find out how much energy the arcade uses.
Kwh per arcade game approx 0.09x30=2.7kwh
2.7x8=21.6
Cost per kwh $0.012
0.12x58.3
$600

Then we make an estimate on how much energy they use in lights.

0.14kwh per light x 10 000= 1400

Now we add all those numbers together

rides$ 50,000approx
Lights $1400 approx.
Food Stands $1400 approx.
Washroom $7.68 approx.
Arcade $600
Vending machines $8.83

Playland costs approximately $53,416.51 to run

Here are some photos of us enjoying our time at Playland

In conclusion we do not think Playland is worth keeping because it is on prime real
estate, and expanding it would only take up more of that prime real estate. That land
could be used for something much more practical like social housing, residential,
condos, community centers, etc. Any land in Vancouver is very valuable and using a
huge plot for a theme park is utterly useless. Expanding it is one of the worst ideas ever
thought of, how would you even get that kind on land inside of Vancouver. Moving it out
to Cloverdale would make it easier to buy a bigger plot to build on and would make it
less crazy in Vancouver around the Playland area.