Integrating Environmental Considerations into Energy Systems Development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Integrating Environmental Considerations into Energy Systems Development

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Energy and resources

Project Summary

Energy systems especially fossil fuel resources leads to global warming & the energy systems designs must be done according to the rules of protection of the nature & the environment.CLEAN k-WAT Project aimed at the preparation of the teaching materials & media on the ‘impacts of energy systems including renewables on the environment & nature’.Target groups were energy systems designers (engineers),mechanical,civil engineers & students in those departments.Because,we noticed that, these engineers were lack of functions of ecosystems & ecological mechanisms.In addition to technical aspects energy systems design processes,it is certainly required to integrate environmental concerns deeply as well.Along this line,it was aimed to train energy systems designers,students on the vulnerability & fragility of ecosystems & nature.
The first goal of the project was to prepare innovative training materials for the target group identified as energy systems designers & energy systems engineering students.A book & related documents were prepared in partner universities with the help of ICT in training,teaching & learning activities.E-learning platform was prepared.
The book contained the following topics;
1. ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & ECOSYTEM RELATIONS
2. ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTING FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS
3. CONVENTIONAL ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: THERMAL POWER PLANTS
4. ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS gesellerin Gösterimi ve Tartışma)
5. SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
6. WIND ENERGY
7. WAVE, TIDAL & HYDROGEN ENERGY
8. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
9. HYDROPOWER ENERGY
10. BIOMASS ENERGY SYSTEMS
So; starting with the question “What is Green Energy?”, we continued by presenting the ecological approach & the potential environmental impacts, & making comparisons of the production systems in a given area & judged on the best solutions with an innovative decision tree development & applications. Of course economical approaches also took place in the training materials.
As a second goal; the project was oriented on enhancing the quality & performance of VET system, improving information & guidance systems & strengthening the EU dimension in the energy systems development & development through promoting creativity, innovation & transfer of EQF principles in terms of increasing the qualification & training of the main target group in the sector.In order to realize these set of aims, our project used the following objectives:
1. Definition of joint LO based blended learning model in energy sector;establishment of innovative competence standard & qualifications description approach in terms of content & target audience.
2. Adaptation & development of courses in accordance to the definition of the qualification model & implementation of EQF/ISCO/ESCO principles.
3. Use of ICT in training,teaching & learning activities.VET learning & teaching methodologies innovation including visual materials.

In the project,we had 8 partners;2 universities from Turkey,1 from Serbia;1 research center from Hungary,1 training center from Germany,2 SMEs from Turkey,1NGO from Spain.
GIRESUN was the coordinator of writing the book on “Integrating Environmental Considerations into Energy Systems Development” & partners from universities & research institutes also took part in writing.The knowledge produced in the book chapters was transformed into visual forms by documentaries by AELV. E-learning platform was created by ORKON for blended learning activities.The training materials were tested by each partner by multiplier events & ENERGIAKLUB was responsible from the testing activity. Knowledge-Skills-Qualifications were led by RENAC.National Reports were coordinated by GAZI, dissemination acitivities were led by BELGRAD University. Monitoring was done by KALI.
We had the following results & outputs in our project:
O1 National Searches in the Countries in EQF, ECVET of Clean Energy Systems Developers,Gazi
O2 Book on :”Integrating Environmental Considerations into Energy Systems Development”,Giresun
O3 Documentaries (short movies), AELV
O4 Knowledge,Skills & Wider Competences with Learning Objectives of the Professions,RENAC
O5 E-learning Portal with Energy, Environmental & European Components, ORKON
& our main activities were :
A1 (Organisation & Management)
A2 (Training Book)
A3 (Development of Documentaries)
A4 (Desc.of Qualifications, Learning Objectives & European components)
A5 (e-learning Portal)
A6 (Testing of the Products)
A7 (Monitoring & Evaluation)
A8 (Dissemination, Exploitation & Sustainability of the Prj)
By the intellectual outputs, we demonstrated & realized our aims & objectives in the project & we were successful in the dissemination of the importance of Green Energy for our lives, for the protection of our environment & our natural sources, leaving a clean environmen

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 200153 Eur

Project Coordinator

T.C. Giresun Üniversitesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• GAZI UNIVERSITESI
• RENEWABLES ACADEMY (RENAC) AG
• Kali Enerji Muhendislik Insaat Egitim Danismanlik Sanayii ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi
• Asociacion Amigos de Europa Leonardo da Vinci
• UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU
• ORKON INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING TRAINING CONSULTING CO.INC.
• ENERGIAKLUB SZAKPOLITIKAI INTEZET MODSZERTANI KOZPONT EGYESULET