Case Study: Renewable Energy Sources at School, Spain

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Summary

During the last years the Spanish Educational System has slightly introduced renewable energies and energy saving contents into its educational programmes. As a result there is a considerable lack of knowledge about the potential use of new energy systems, efficiency and energy saving concepts, among young people. On the regional level, Extremadura presents the same problems and lacks.

Agenex is committed to increase the use of renewable energies and change energy saving behaviour in the region of Extremadura. It is therefore especially important that young people be made aware of these issues. This is the underlying aim of this initiative. The intention is to capture the imagination and interest of scholars by presenting them with a outlook of the current status of renewable energies, efficiency and energy saving, the attractive energetic challenges we face and an optimist vision of the future.

We believe that schools have an important role as disseminators in the process of introducing these concepts so Agenex's initiative focus on primary and secondary schools in the region through information sessions for children.

This initiative is supported by Diputación Provincial of Badajoz and Diputación Provincial of Cáceres as principal associates of the Agency. The financial need of this project is not important since as it can be developed by Agency's staff and material.

Results

Agenex's work with schools during the development of the project has shown that many schools are simply lacking adequate information on renewable energies. This lack of information often leads to erroneous perceptions about the potential use of these sources.

On the other hand we can assure that there is a very great potential of schools interested in introducing renewable energies not only in their educational programs but in implementing demonstrative installations. According to the interviewed headmasters and headmistresses, most of them are willing to get engaged in this field. The most relevant figures related with the project are the following:

• 10 schools visited
• 29 lectures.
• 58 persons contacted (among teachers, headmasters and headmistresses, local authority staff, sponsor staff, etc.)
• 956 Students.

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