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I.S.I.S.S. “Giuseppe Verdi” – Valdobbiadene (TV) - ITALY

...a glance at the past

• Since 2005 our school has developed its own expertise

in using and saving energy in relationship with the

environment.

• In 2007 the Department of Technology decided to

introduce a period of practical experience in the

traditional lesson plans: a team of students (selected by

teachers) are given the opportunity to analyse some real

problems in a real working contest.

• Very often the “real problem” is about energy.

... 2008 ...• In 2008 the 4A ITIS class, while studying the consumption of

energy in a local winery, they found a way to save energy:

the heating produced by the condensers of a chiller, used for

refrigerating must (“mosto”) could be used to pre-heat

water, used in the cleaning process.

... 2008 ...• This project won the first award in a National Competition,

promoted by ENEL (2.000 € for each student!)

ENEL invited the class to Rome for the concluding ceremony...

... 2008 ...… and to Strasburgh, to present the project in Parliament.

... 2009 ...

• In 2009 we studied energy consumption in a public

building: the middle school in Valdobbiadene.

• It was our first

experience with a

public partner: the

Valdobbiadene

middle school and

the Municipality of

Valdobbiadene

... 2009 ...• This project received a Special Mention in the National

Competition promoted by ENEA, as well as 1.000 € for

our school and a educational fotovoltaic panel.

... 2009 ...

• 2009 was also a year of Government activities:

– The Ministry of Environment issued some

guidelines, the so-called EASS (Educazione

Ambientale e allo Sviluppo Sostenibile);

– The Ministry of Economy issued guidelines

for the Energy Performance of Buildings.

... 2010 ...

• That is why in 2009-10 we began long, complex study on

Sustainability in Valdobbiadene: we collected data

describing home energy consumption, local mobility,

energy saving, renewable sources, etc...

• We also checked the level reached (in our city) as far as

the 20-20-20 target is concerned.

• We are still using these results in a project of “peer

education” between our students and students of the

middle schools in the local area every year.

... 2010 ...

From November 2010 to June 2011, two students in their final year

developed an environmental analysis in a winery: Bortolomiol S.p.A.

All their results were the core of a short thesis they discussed at

their final exam and which we will see during our visit to the winery.

2011 – 2S2C

• 2S2C = Studenti e Scuole Costruttori di Cittadinanza

• The aim of this project was to promote existing best

practices in the high schools of Treviso (not only in

energy matter) with financial aid.

• ISISS “Giuseppe Verdi” got one of these aids. We took

advantage of this for studying energy consumption in our

school and getting the Energy Performance Certificate of

our school as a building.

The results

HEATING:- consumption 232˙610 kWh- CO2 emissions 40˙242 kg

- methane 24˙248 Sm3

EPI: 15,3 kWh/m3 CLASS: C/D

GLOBAL CONSUMPTION 395˙000 kWh

GLOBAL CO2 EMISSIONS 54˙600 kg

ELECTRICITY:- consumption 64˙569 kWh- CO2 emissions 30˙347 kg

... 2012 ...• In 2011 we began a two-year Comenius Project with

other European schools; the subject is: Sustainability.

• Students are discovering

that Green Economy is

developing all over Europe.

... 2012 ...

• All the results we collected in the energy and

environmental analysis completed in 2010 are now

shared with the corresponding results of other Countries:

Germany, France, Austria, Denmark.

... 2012-13 ...

Info: itisverdi@gmail.com