Climate protection and energy project at Oranienburg schools for the 2022/23 school year

Climate protection and energy project launched at Oranienburg schools for the 2022/23 school year

Just in time for the start of the heating period in the 2022/23 school year, the 3-year climate protection and energy project at Oranienburg schools is starting at 9 participating institutions. Berlin’s large northern neighbor is thus sending an important signal at the right time to make schools fit for a long energy-saving winter with educational activities and technical optimization measures. In addition, the schools have the opportunity to gain practical, everyday energy-saving knowledge through knowledge transfer as part of the pupil workshops, janitor and teacher training courses and thus initiate a more sustainable future. Following a decision by the city council in 2021, the project aims to better anchor the relevance of climate protection and energy issues for society as a whole in internal school processes and curricula and to communicate this to the general public. The city of Oranienburg’s climate protection management team, which coordinates and implements the city’s cross-sectoral climate neutrality strategy in consultation with the departments involved, is in charge of planning and implementation. The school project is part of this strategy, which focuses not only on schools and daycare centers, but also on the energy supply for administrative buildings, private households and businesses, as well as the traffic situation and waste and resource management. The project is therefore an important step on the road to climate-neutral administration and urban society. In addition to the original motivation from the schools to focus more strongly on sustainability issues, a bonus model will also serve as an incentive system.

Participating institutions:

• Comenius Primary School
• Havel School Primary School
• Forest School Primary School
• Friedrichsthal elementary school
• Germendorf elementary school
• Elementary school “Friedrich-Wolf” Lehnitz
• Sachsenhausen elementary school
• Neddermeyer Primary School Schmachtenhagen
• Jean Clermont School

Project process

Coordination between the climate protection manager of the city of Oranienburg and UfU regarding scheduling and scheduling, specification of the content and methods as well as the participating schools already took place in the past school year 2021/22. At the beginning of the 2022/23 school year, all schools were then informed about the start of the project, while preparations were made at the same time so that the actual kick-off dates, energy tours and student workshops could begin on time after the fall vacations.

Goals

• Initiating and supporting teaching projects that aim to increase the energy awareness of pupils, children, teachers, educators and janitors
• Initiating educational projects on the subject of energy and energy saving in daycare centers and after-school care centers
• Making the need for climate protection understandable
• Identifying potential energy savings
• Technical energy-saving optimizations

Further components are

• Technical energy advice on site
• Janitor training
• Teacher training
• Festive annual event

Contact
Oliver Ritter Duration
09/2022 – 08/2025