e-book - European Schoolnet

This publication features the European winners of the competition in the categories of:A – Best energy effi ciency measures at schoolB- Best teaching actions on effi cient energy useC- Best school campaign on energy effi ciencyD – Best practice beyond U4energy from other national competitionsThe good practice examples in this publication demonstrate that using energy smartly has todaybecome part of everyday life in many schools across Europe. They illustrate that signifi cantenergy savings of 10% can be easily achieved with no- or low-cost measures implementedby students, as the example of the Secondary School Aliste in Spain proves. The entries alsoshow a lot of inspiring ideas on how to combine sustainable energy education with real lifeskills, for example by using a multi-disciplinary approach in the case of the Institute of HigherEducation Alessandrini-Marino in Italy with the Energy Work Bike or by supporting students toset up a local energy agency advising real clients on intelligent energy solutions as was doneby the Upper Secondary School Louis Aragon in France. The value of school campaigns onenergy effi ciency has clearly gone beyond awareness-raising and has built the capacity ofstudents in terms of communication and technical skills that are useful for all areas of life, asthe winning entry from Secondary School Munderfi ng in Austria reveals.All examples published in this booklet, but also those which are available online in the ‘Galleryof entries’ on www.u4energy.eu act as an encouragement to other schools, teachers andstudents to replicate good practices and take up the challenge to achieve a sustainable energyEurope.The Editors3