End Users Mobilization - Engagement and involvement o

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• Awareness raising and energy education
• as a priority for end user mobilization
• Integration of Active Learning and Energy
  Monitoring with School Curriculum

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End Users Mobilization - Engagement and
involvement of children

• Children as a resource important citizens
• Mobilisation of the children to take active part
  in their own education
• Introduction of EE and RES in school curricula
• 5 reduce of energy use in schools and homes in
  10 schools by teaching children EE RES

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Approach

• Learning by doing
• Training of teachers and other personnel
• Teachers as guides (not sage on the stage)
• Energy education toolbox - teachers guide
  and energy savings lessons
• Energy materials interaction
• Energy savings through hands-on and experimental
  activities
• European schools networking

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Energy monitoring (EM) of the school building

• EM for a long period of time
• Carrying out fun active learning activities
  related to EM
• Weekly logging of electricity and heating
  consumption in the school
• Plotting the collected data on a special poster
  visual understanding of energy use
• Using of energy data as a base for discussion
• Encouraging pupils to replicate EM at home

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Questions examples

• What appliances contribute to the energy
  consumption?
• Why did the appliances consume less this week
  than last week?
• What children and teachers do to consciously
  change the energy consumption?
• What else influence the energy consumption in the
  schools ( weather, holidays, etc.)

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Simple measures (no investment cost) for
efficient use of energy

• Switching the light off when the classroom is
  empty
• Closing doors and windows when they should be
  shut
• Keeping the room heating at the correct
  temperature level
• Heating the school only in use, etc.

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School energy team for energy monitoring of the
school building

• Tasks
• To do energy monitoring
• To register energy consumption data
• To report back to the pupils and teachers

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Toolbox as a website

• Access to good educations materials
  www.coucortium4al.eu
• case studies of the pilot schools
• Comparison of energy consumption data of the
  schools in Europe www.sustain.no

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Integration with national curricula

• Overview of existing active learning (AL) and
  energy monitoring (EM) projects in relevant
  countries
• Evaluation of the most relevant programmes and
  description of success elements regarding
  curriculum adaptation/integration
• Mapping of national school systems, relevant
  energy curriculum and main concerns of the actors
  in participating countries (how, why and where AL
  can fit into the curriculum)
• Identification, testing and evaluation of
  possible strategies for integration of AL and EM
  with national school curricula in participating
  countries. Promotion of the educational package
  to be an intergraded part of the curriculum in
  the participating countries
• Definition of success criteria for integration
  and exchange of experiences.

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Development of teaching material (toolkit) for
AL

• International advisory group (IAG) to provide
  input and feedback during the whole project has
  been established.
• National advisory group (NAGs) to provide
  feedback on existing and developed material,
  needs and requirements throughout the project is
  under the establishment
• Brief mapping and evaluation of energy and
  pedagogical content/approach of existing tools.
• Teaching materials (toolkit) for AL and EM
  adapted to national curriculum developed.
• The material will be made available on the Kids
  Corner web site

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Thank you for your attention

• Liyana Adjarova
• Energy Agency of Plovdiv
• 15 Gladstone Str.
• 4000 Plovdiv
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]