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YEP
- Young Energy People
School Project under Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) |
organisation
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INFORSE-member, SWEA, is the coordinator of the School-Workplace Partnerships.
Partners:
Severn Wye Energy Agency (SWEA) (ccord.), UK; Energy Agency
of Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Energieberatung Prenzlauer Berg e. V., Germany;
Energy Agency of Crete, Greece; Energy Agency of Livorno and Perugia,
Italy; Energy Agency of Ribera, Spain; Energy Agency for Southeast
Sweden, Sweden.
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Duration:
07.11.2007 - 06.07.2010
Material in
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age
group |
Students
of secundary schools (14-18 years old). |
Topic |
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Sustainable
Education/Entertaiment - Energy Efficiency - Renewable Energies |
Goal |
The
project work took place in 8 European regions following a common
theme (organized
information and training of students in Energy Efficiency,
Energy Saving, Renewable Energy Sources, as well as, Climate
Change) and approach but working
within the realities of their local contexts. |
Resources |
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Task |
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Description
and Evaluation |
In the YEP project, students of secundary schools team
up with community employers in a program to train a School Energy Management
Team (SEMT) of pupils. The Teams survey the
energy situations around them and instigate programs of improvements
based on their observations in their schools. With the insights that
they gain from the program, they visit a workplace and apply their
knowledge to a real-life context.
Keen motivations:
- Schools are keen to reach out to their communities, and the opportunity
for their pupils to be ambassadors for their schools in work-related
learning placements in local businesses is greatly appreciated.
- Teachers welcome the opportunity to teach energy-related issues in
real-life contexts and through problem-solving such as this project offers
(school- and workplace building case study).
- Managers of schools and workplaces are interested in reducing energy
consumption; they also benefit in terms of their social and economic
standings in their respective communities.
- Pupils gain practical energy-management skills and hands-on experience
applying what they’ve learned to their own schools and to the workplaces
visited.
-Tools, resource packs, and manuals can be used in the future.
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