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Education system

Why Schools?

Despite growing awareness of the need to save energy it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start.

We are focusing on helping schools to effect behaviour change by:

• Educating students about their energy usage
• Enhancing their ability to reduce wastage
• Encouraging them to change their own and their families´ behaviour

Schools are a perfect environment in which to encourage behavioural change - starting in the school and extending to the home. We want to encourage parents and whole communities to get involved too; for example, by setting up student led community projects.

The education system was previously known as enforma.

How does the system work?

A set of low cost mobile sensors are connected to any electrical supply or appliance. The information gathered is presented on a range of displays from classroom PCs to corridor plasma displays in a way that brings the information to life.

The system is modular and schools will generally start by using a relatively small kit. This enables the school to run an initial set of energy projects with pupils, engaging them in practical and lasting improvements for the school. More modules can be added in support of each year´s projects.

What sort of projects could be conducted with the system?

Here are just two ideas for projects.

• Use the system to measure the energy usage of 6 classrooms. Use two as a control; in two other classrooms use energy prefects to encourage behaviour change and in the final two classrooms use the system to make energy visible. After a period of time analyse the results collected on the system to identify the effectiveness and durability of the initiatives. The learning can then be applied by getting the classrooms to compete with each other to see who can make the biggest improvements.
• Use the system to identify a major source of energy usage, such as the hot water supply; establish a means of improving its energy efficiency; work out a financial case; submit it and engage in a project to thereby improving the energy efficiency of the school. Then use the system to measure the ongoing savings achieved.

When will the system be available?

The system is being trialled in our own premises this and a number of pre-production systems will be available from January 2008 at a discounted price.

In addition, the first 10 school installations will be subsidised by money awarded to us as winners of the Shell Springboard competition.

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