03 August 2017

In April and May milestones of the project “Climate protection through energy efficiency” have been achieved. In Sofia students and teachers from the pilot schools presented their interim results from the project on a milestone conference. A few weeks later workshops for municipalities in Bucharest took place.

During the conference in Sofia it was easy to see that the knowledge transfer that was among others realized through a study travel to Berlin and teacher trainings in Bulgaria has worked well. The schools showed a lot of dedication to the project. Some of them had put together several energy teams instead of just one. One student even programmed a virtual panoramic view of his school for their presentation. In one school the energy team performed measurements every day for weeks in order to create a building energy pass.

It was conspicuous that the probably poorest pilot school, the Hristo Masimov School, showed the most dedication to the project because it had already taken some energy saving measurements.

You could see from the posters the students made and from the pedagogical execution of the project that the guidelines from UfU had been used a lot. The Bulgarian partner had translated and distributed them.

In Bucharest the participants of two workshops for municipalities worked on the implementation of an incentive system for schools within the project.

During a smaller workshop only with the pilot municipality with Mures German experiences with measures for the participation of the community in environmental projects were presented and discussed.

One day later the bigger “Workshop”, the conference for municipalities, took place. Also in Bucharest students told the audience about what they had learned and they made it clear that the support of the authorities was vital to the success of the energy saving projects – not least because a Romanian energy efficiency law obliges schools and ministries to take part in energy efficiency measures of the country.

In the further course of the conference schools and representatives of the municipalities exchanged ideas on potential incentive systems.

Furthermore, in the afternoon wishes and goals of the participants of the conference were collected and matched with responsibilities to the individual project actors.

In both cities , Sofia and Bucharest, students performed measurements in the room of the event to emphasize the practical aspect of the energy saving project.