Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technology - International ...

The International Experience84Tours and seminars cover the following:• Freiburg Solar Tour• Freiburg Architectural Tour• Refurbishment and buildings• Sustainable urban district planning• Power communities© SustainablePlanet.com.auRichard Fehrenbach Gewerbeschule – Vocational TrainingThe school is located about 200 metres north of the main railway station on the cornerof Friedrichstrasse and Stefan Meier Street. The first impression is of the school is animpressive solar demonstration building with different types of solar PV panels as well assolar water heating systems. It is known as the ‘Solarturm Gewerbeschule’.© SustainablePlanet.com.auThe school caters for vocational students ranging from secondary students, similar tothe VET in schools programs that we have here in Victoria, to apprentices and post tradetraining. Apprenticeships offered include electrical, with renewable subjects, plumbing withsolar water heating and other engineering trades. A similar apprenticeship system existshere in Freiburg as in Australia.The school not only teaches these subjects, but practices what it teaches. As is evidentwhen one visits the school, not only is one greeted by this impressive solar building, but asone looks around there are functional solutions that have been embedded into the fabric ofthe school. Initiatives include a demonstration water pumping station, solar lights, electricsolar station, PV solar window shading and solar water heating units. All these are visible,so the student not only learns the theory and workshop practices, but can observe and gainfirst hand experiences of the examples of application.