Joining Energies

Joining Energies is an educational initiative about energy efficiency. Over the course of two school terms, teachers will use measuring instruments to find out which devices and other items at their school contribute to energy consumption.

Participating centers have the opportunity to learn about energy, accompanied by experts who will guide and motivate them to measure the center's electricity consumption and classroom lighting. Based on this assessment, the center will be supported in creating an energy-saving action plan that aims to engage the entire educational community. We conclude the course with an optional meeting at the secondary school closing event to share experiences.

Throughout the course, there are two training sessions for new teachers: one on reading electricity bills and another on energy efficiency.

- To understand what energy is, how and when it is used and the social and environmental impact of the current energy model.
- To empower the educational community by providing energy saving tools, improve comfort and encourage the use of renewable energy at school.
- To involve the school’s educational community in energy improvement initiatives.
- To convey and share experiences with the educational community both within the school and with other schools.
Students in the second, third and fourth years of compulsory secondary education.
- Motivation: Asking the question: Why do we need to join energies?
- Analysis: Asking the following questions: How much energy is used, and how and when? How do we interpret energy bills?
- Let’s get to work: Learning to reduce energy consumption.
- Assessment: Assessment of the learning process.
  
  A “basic path” with at least five activities will be proposed as the starting point to enable each school to choose whether it also wants to take part in other suggested activities.
  A cross-cutting communication activity will also be suggested to enable students to share their discoveries about energy use at their school with the wider educational community. Furthermore, an energy committee will be created to share the discoveries made and suggest actions for improvement at the school.
The micro-network is designed to have a flexible structure that can be adapted to the needs of each school. Schools will be given materials, educational guides for teachers, measuring tools on loan from the SDEA and expert support throughout the project.
A meeting of energy representatives from each of the participating schools will be held at the end of the year to share experiences.
- Participating teachers must attend the compulsory sessions and closing ceremony of the More Sustainable Schools programme for secondary schools.
- Collecting data for processing with the experts.
Registration for academic year 2023-2024 is currently closed.

The enrollments for the 2024-2025 academic year will open at the beginning of the school year.

More information

Educational guide for teachers (en català) (PDF 3.48 MB) Open in a new window

Resources

Sessions de la formació

Primera sessió. Presentació "Sumem Energies"

Aquesta sessió serveix per presentar la microxarxa, els objectius que persegueix i la metodologia que se seguirà durant els mesos següents.

Location:

virtual

When:

16/10/2024

Segona sessió. Lectura de factures d'electricitat

En aquesta sessió s’aborda el glossari relacionat amb temes energètics, així com la lectura i comprensió de les factures d’electricitat que ens arriben al centre o a la llar.

Location:

virtual

When:

22/01/2025

Tercera sessió. Eficiència energètica

En aquesta sessió s’aborden els conceptes relacionats amb l’eficiència energètica al centre i a la llar. S’aprofundirà pel que fa a les eines i els mètodes que poden ser útils per fer més eficient el consum elèctric, i així reduir el consum d’electricitat.

Location:

Edifici TO (Metro Maresme i Fòrum)

When:

05/03/2025